Islamabad, February 21 A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of northern and northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, the second tremor to hit the country in as many days.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The earthquake, which struck at 9:30 am (local time), originated at a depth of 14 kilometers, with its epicenter located 11 km northeast of Burhan, Attock, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad.
Tremors were felt in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
The Saturday morning earthquake came less than 24 hours after a 5.9 magnitude tremor struck parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, with tremors felt in several cities, including Peshawar and Islamabad, on Friday.
The epicenter of that quake at 6:09 pm (local time) was in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region at a depth of 101 kilometers.
Earthquakes are common in northern Pakistan due to its location in the Himalayas, where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.
Earlier, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Balochistan province on February 13, but no loss of life or property was reported there either. Its epicenter was 86 km northeast of the Khuzdar town of the province.
The quake was preceded on the same day by another tremor of magnitude 3.8 that struck 75 km southeast of Khuzdar at a depth of 33 km.
The worst earthquake the country experienced was in 2005, which killed about 74,000 people.
