A moderate earthquake of 5.7 magnitude jolted north-west near the border with Afghanistan on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of casualties, an official said. Tremors were felt in several cities in the north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its capital Peshawar as well as in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, meteorological department chief Arif Mehmood told AFP.
The quake struck at 08:59 am (0359 GMT) with a magnitude of 5.7 and its epicentre was located 280 kilometres (175) north-west of Peshawar near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border, he said. "No loss of life or damage to property has been immediately reported," he said.