Aftershocks may continue for 4 weeks
DM Monitoring

ISLAMABAD—Aftershocks following Saturday’s major earthquake are likely to continue for three to four weeks. Director General, Met, Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhary said while talking to PTV Thursday. He said, nearly 70 aftershocks, most of them less then magnitude of 5 were recorded during last 24 hours. One important shock of moderate intensity was recorded at 1.24 AM lastnight. Its magnitude was 5.5, he added. DG Met said, aftershocks will continue, but gradually their frequency will decrease.
To a question he said, people should not panic because, occurrence of aftershocks were normal pattern following any major earthquake. After a major earthquake, aftershocks of moderate frequency are normally recorded, he added. A positive aspect of aftershocks is that energy releases through these shocks which is produced by settlement of the fault. Through this way, energy does not accumulate to become cause of a big earthquake, he added. To a question he said, there was no system through which earthquakes could be forecast or any prediction about earthquake can be made.