Earthquake of Magnitude 5.2 Strikes Pakistan, Tremors Felt Across Region

Karachi: A massive earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan on Wednesday at around 5:35 AM, the National Center for Seismology informed. “Earthquake of Magnitude:5.2, Occurred on 15-11-2023, 05:35:06 IST, Lat: 35.96 & Long: 71.58, Depth: 18 Km , Region: Pakistan,” NCS tweeted on X.

A similar earthquake of magnitude 6.2 had struck Sri Lanka’s Colombo on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

“Earthquake of Magnitude: 6.2, Occurred on 14-11-2023, 12:31:10 IST, Lat: -2.96 & Long: 86.54, Depth: 10 Km, Location: 1326 km SE of Colombo, Sri Lanka,” the NCS post said.