Moderate quake jolts Swat, adjoining areas

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Mingora, Sept 21 (TNS): Earthquake tremors were felt in Swat and its adjoining areas on Wednesday night.

The quake has been recorded to be of a magnitude of 4.4 while the epicentre of the tremor was 287 kilometres.

The quake caused a state of panic among residents however no casualty reported.

Its epicentre was the Hindu Kush mountain in Afghanistan. Despite the earthquake was of a minor nature residents came out of their homes in a state of panic. There was no loss of life or property till the filing of this report.