ISLAMABAD, June 20: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook northern Pakistan and northwestern Afghanistan on Monday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, an official said. The quake was felt at 7:33am (0233 GMT) in Peshawar, and in the mountainous Chitral valley, a seismological department official told AFP.

The epicentre of the earthquake was about 400 kilometres northwest of the capital Islamabad in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, he said.—AFP