On Friday morning (September 05, 2008) around 11:00, there was an earthquake in Islamabad. I was in my office, sitting on my seat. Suddenly i felt a judder and i instantly uttered 'zalzala' (earthquake in Urdu). My eyes met a couple of my colleagues' who confirmed my suspicions. The earthquake lasted for a few seconds and no more jolts were felt after that. That earthquake had originated in the Hindu Kush range in Afghanistan and was felt in Peshawar, Abbotabad, Muzaffarabad, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. It was 5.3 in magnitude.
On Saturday morning (September 06, 2008) again around 11:00 there was another earthquake. This was a notch greater than the one we had had the previous day and lasted longer too. First there was a major jolt followed by several smaller tremors. On Friday we had stayed in our seats during the earthquake but on Saturday we moved out of the building. The epicenter was again in the Hindu Kush range in Afghanistan. The magnitude was 5.6.
Thank God both were harmless earthquakes. There was no news of any building/house collapsing or of any human casualties. May Allah keep us safe from such natural calamities.
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