In the early hours of Monday, an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale rattled Bannu and its surrounding districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
People panicked and began chanting passages from the Holy Quran outside their homes. The earthquake caused no damage to people or property in any section of Gwadar.
The epicentre of the earthquake occurred 31 kilometres north of Bannu, at a depth of 201 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.