Earthquake tremors were felt across many cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, Aaj News reported on Tuesday evening. A bulletin posted by the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad has confirmed that an earthquake at a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale struck at around 9:47pm and had a depth of 40km. The region identified by the monitoring centre is 104km northeast of Muzaffarabad, in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Lower Dir and its surrounding areas also reported tremors.

In Punjab, reports of tremors came from Lahore, Sialkot, and Jhelum. Islamabad residents also confirmed they felt mild to moderate tremors. In KP, residents of Shangla and its surrounding districts also experienced tremors and reported aftershocks as well.

Tremors were felt nearly across the entire Northern region of the country, including Malakand division and Gilgit-Baltistan. No human loss or property damage has so far been reported. According to an independent scientific organisation, some jolts were also felt in India.

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