‘Danger of massive earthquake in capital mere rumour’

Islamabad

Director of National Seismic Monitoring Cell of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Zahid Rafi has said that they have been continuously monitoring the seismic activity and according to the latest data there is no active fault-line beneath the Margallah Hills.

“Many rumours are being spread by various quarters especially in the month of October about any danger of a massive earthquake but we can say on the basis of the latest data that no unusual seismic activity has been recorded in the capital city,” he said.

Margallah hills are a part of geosynclinals trough known as Indo-Gangetie synclinorium with an ENE-WSW axial trend. In the area various geological formations are exposed and they widely range from Precambrian to Holocene in age.

He said no scientific theory proved any relation of the month of October with earthquakes so the people should not give an ear to the rumours being spread in this respect.

Zahid Rafi said they are establishing five seismic monitoring centres in Balochistan to keep an eye on the seismic activity in the fault lines passing through this province, adding “The rumours about tsunami like flood in Karachi are also baseless and these are being spread by anti-social elements.”