Islamabad, Oct. 17 -- An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Pakistan's Balochistan region on Saturday, at a depth of 15 km, according to India's National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
The earthquake occurred at 10:37 am Indian Standard Time on October 17, at latitude 27.944 degrees north and longitude 66.532 degrees east, the agency said in a post on X.
The impact of the earthquake on the ground would depend on several factors, including the distance from populated areas, local geological conditions and the strength of the shaking.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage following the earthquake.
Pakistan is prone to earthquakes because it lies near the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, whose collision ...