5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts parts of KP, AJK

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A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), including Peshawar and Muzaffarabad, on Thursday, causing fear and panic among residents.

According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre in Islamabad, the earthquake’s epicentre was in the border region between Afghanistan and Tajikistan at a depth of 212 kilometres.