International News: Pakistan felt flipside earthquake on Monday when a 4.7 magnitude tremor struck at a shallow depth of 10 km, equal to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). This comes without moderate quakes of virtually 4.0 magnitude hit the country on Saturday and Sunday, marking the third earthquake in just three days. The latest tremor occurred at 11:12 am IST, standing a pattern of seismic worriedness over the weekend. In a post on X, the NCS shared the earthquake's location as latitude 30.51 N and longitude 70.41 E. Experts have warned that shallow earthquakes like this one can be increasingly dangerous than deeper quakes considering the seismic waves reach the surface quickly, often causing stronger shaking and increasingly damage, media reported.
Pakistan’s Seismic Risk and Historical Quakes
Pakistan lies in an zippy seismic region, crisscrossed by several major fault lines. Provinces such as Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan are located on the southern whet of the Eurasian plate, while Sindh and Punjab sit on the northwestern whet of the Indian plate. The standoff of these tectonic plates makes Pakistan vulnerable to strong earthquakes.
The country has seen treasonous tremors in the past, including a massive 8.1 magnitude quake in Balochistan in 1945. While regions like Sindh wits fewer earthquakes, no zone is completely safe. Authorities have urged people to stay zestful for aftershocks and follow safety measures. Seismologists protract to monitor the situation closely, noting that Pakistan’s geological position ways earthquakes are likely to occur repeatedly.
