Karachi / Quetta: Karachi has experienced an unusual seismic activity since June 1, with 36 minor earthquakes recorded so far due to the activation of the Landhi fault line, the Pakistani meteorological department (PMD) said on Thursday.
The most recent tremor, with a scale of 2.6 and a depth of 10 kilometers, today struck at 1:45 am, with its epicenter located 8 km southeast of Malir.
PMD officials confirmed that the 36 earthquakes of this seismic swarm in the port city were a minor nature and come in the midst of other earthquake events reported across Pakistan.
Another earthquake was recorded on the same day near Quetta when residents felt tremors of 2.8.
According to the National Seismic Superilling Center, the earthquake had a depth of 23 km, with its epicenter located 75 km northeast of Quetta.
One day before these earthquakes, Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was shaken by a sweet earthquake that is 4.7 on the Richter scale. The seismological center reported that the tremors came from the Hindu mountain range of Kush in Afghanistan, with a depth of 211 km.
These recent events follow a series of previous earthquakes that affected various parts of Pakistan.
About a month ago, an earthquake of 5.3 coarse hit Islamabad and KP games, including Mardan, Swat, Nowshera, Swabi and North Waziristan. Its epicenter was also located in the Hindu region of Kush in Afghanistan at a depth of 230 km.
Before that, two larger earthquakes had an impact on KP, Azad Jammu and Cashmire (AJK), Punjab and certain parts of Afghanistan.
On April 12, a 5.5 coarse earthquake struck several cities across northern Punjab, KP and the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, at a reported depth of 12 km.
The cities of Punjab like Attock and Chakwal, and in KP such as Peshawar, Mardan, Mohmand, Swabi, Nowshera, Lakki Marwat, Lower Dir, Malakand and Shabqadar, all said they had known the tremors.
A few days later, on April 16, an earthquake of 5.3 coarse again struck several zones of KP, AJK, Punjab and certain parts of Afghanistan.
Earthquakes are common in Pakistan, a country located on the active border of Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. The continuous push of the Indian plate to the north in the Eurasian plate makes large parts of South Asia seismically active.