Pakistan earthquake: Tremors of 4.7 magnitude strike Peshawar, weeks after Islamabad was hit
An earthquake struck in Pakistan's Peshwar on Wednesday with 4.7 magnitude tremors on the Richter scale, ANI reported.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range, at a depth of 211 kilometres.
No injuries or significant damages have been reported so far.
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