Islamabad, August 24: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of flood hit Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, meteorology office said.
The tremors of the quake having epicentre near Afghanistan-Tajikistan border were felt in Swat, Dir, Mohmand tribal areas and the provincial capital Peshawar, media reports. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damages.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province is the worst hit region in the catastrophic floods which have killed over 1,600 and affected some 20 million in Pakistan.
—Agencies