The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) reported that the quake had a magnitude of 5.4 and occurred at 5:56am UTC (10:56am Pakistan time),.

The PMD website added that the earthquake’s epicentre was located in the Hindu Kush Region in Afghanistan and it had a depth of 215 kilometres.

As per the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake’s epicentre was 28km west-southwest of Afghanistan’s Ishkashim town.

The tremors were felt across various cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Mardan, Malakand, Hangu, Buner, Shangla, Dir and Charsadda as well as in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore.

Rescue 1122 said that in KP’s Shangla district, its staff had been put on high alert after the tremors were felt.

“No emergency call has been received by the Rescue 1122 control room so far,” it stated.