Tremors were felt in Karachi Thursday evening as the magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at 2.3 on the Richter scale, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) confirmed that tremors were felt in Malir, Kathore and Gadap Town. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in the northeastern part of Malir.

The depth of the earthquake was recorded at 84 kilometres by the National Seismic Monitoring Centre The tremors were felt at 5:52 pm.

Last week, an earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale hit the same area district of Karachi.

The NSMC confirmed that tremors were felt in Malir, Landhi, Quaidabad, Kathore and Gadap Town.

The epicentre of the earthquake was New Malir Karachi and the depth was 12km, it said.