A low intensity earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale struck the Baloutchistan Kalat district in the early hours of Monday, arousing a brief panic among residents but causing any immediate report of damage or victims.
According to the seismic center of the Pakistani meteorological department (PMD), the epicenter of the earthquake was located 8 kilometers south-east of the Kalat district.
Kalat experienced the tremors two days after an earthquake of 4.9 coarse hit the coastal city of Balutchistan in Gwadar and its surroundings.
The National Seismic Superilling Center said that the epicenter of the earthquake was 40 kilometers from the southwest of Pasni. Its depth was 14 kilometers, he added.
No damage or injury was reported, but the residents panicked after the tremors.
Earlier this month, Karachi has experienced an unusual seismic activity since June 1, with 36 minor earthquakes recorded due to the activation of the Landhi Faille line, according to the Météo department.
The most recent tremor, with a scale of 2.6 and a depth of 10 kilometers, struck two days ago at 1:45 am, with its epicenter located 8 km southeast of Malir.
One day before these earthquakes, Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was also shaken by a slight earthquake of magnitude 4.7.
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.
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.