KARACHI: A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was felt in several parts of the city on Monday evening.

The tremors struck at a depth of 22 kilometres, with its epicentre located 15 kilometres northeast of Karachi, said the National Seismic Monitoring Centre of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) that holds the responsibility for seismic monitoring and tsunami and their early warning in the country.

The earthquake was mainly felt in district South, where frightened residents of Defence, Clifton, I.I Chundrigar Road and Saddar were seen rushing outdoors while praying.

“It was a low-magnitude earthquake and it did not cause any damage to property or human life,” said an official of the PMD.

It is the third earthquake felt in the metropolis over the last few weeks.

On May 2, a 2.3 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of the metropolis, including Gadap Town, Katohr and areas of Malir district with its epicentre being 38 kilometres from the northeast of Malir at a depth of 84km.

On April 24, a low-magnitude earthquake had jolted Karachi’s Malir district and the seismic monitoring centre said its magnitude was 3.2 on the Richter scale.

Published in Dawn, June 4th, 2024