Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) confirmed that a 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit Ziarat and the surrounding areas in Balochistan.
The main point of the earthquake was 67 kilometers northeast of Quetta. According to media reports, no casualties have been reported so far.
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif early on 3 November, killing at least seven people and injuring around 150, just months after a quake and strong aftershocks at the end of August claimed more than 2,200 lives.
Footage released by the Afghan Ministry of Defence showed military rescue teams digging through rubble and pulling the body of a young girl from the debris. Reuters could not independently verify the location or date of the images.
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said on social media platform X that it was on the ground supporting rescue efforts.
The last major earthquake to hit Ziarat occurred in 2008, killing more than 200 people and injuring around 500. Entire villages were flattened, and hundreds of homes and government buildings were reduced to rubble, forcing over 15,000 residents to leave their homes.
The small settlements of Ziarat were the worst-hit areas, where roughly 170 people died, most of them women and children.
