According to the Seismological Center, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Musa khel district of Balochistan at 3:30 am on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was about 80 kilometers northwest of Dera Ghazi Khan.

Local administration confirmed that the tremors caused ground damage in the Rarah Sham area, where two houses collapsed and five others were partially damaged, injuring three people in the incident.

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Provincial Disaster Management Authority officials said that the damage is currently being assessed. Relief teams have been dispatched to the affected areas to provide assistance and assess the damage.

It should be noted that earlier this year on April 12, tremors of an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale were felt in Islamabad and the cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

The National Seismic Monitoring Center (NSMC) said that tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Swat, Mansehra, Swabi, Mardan, Lakki Marwat and other cities of KP.