6 magnitude earthquake felt in north west Pakistan

An earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted parts of northwest Pakistan on Sunday, local media reported.
Local media, quoting officials from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), said that the earthquake was felt in the country 's northwester province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal region bordering Afghanistan at about 04:48 p.m. local time.
The reports said the earthquake was felt in northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, Swat, Malakand, Chitral, Swat and Lower Dir and areas bordering Afghanistan.
The tremors created panic among masses and people rushed out of their houses, shops and offices to the open places, however, no loss of life or property was reported from any area yet.
The epicenter of the earthquake was determined at a focal depth of 200 km in the mount Hindu Kush, a mountainous region along Pakistan-Afghanistan border located at about 214 km northwest of Islamabad.
Pakistan is among the most earthquake-prone regions of the world with high vulnerability to earthquakes. In October 2005, a high intensity earthquake measuring 7.4 magnitude quake hit parts of the country, causing a large scale destruction and killing over 80,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands others homeless.