Jun 22 2022 07:16
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 shook parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan during the early hours of Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
The authority added that the earthquake occurred 44 kilometers from the city of Khost in southeastern Afghanistan and was at a depth of 51 kilometers. There have been no reports of damage or deaths yet.
The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center said in a tweet on Twitter that the tremor was felt by 119 million people in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India over a distance of about 500 km.
The quake was felt in the Afghan capital, Kabul, as well as in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, according to witness accounts posted on the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center website and Twitter users.
“Long and strong tremors,” a witness wrote on the center’s website from Kabul. “It was strong,” said another witness from Peshawar in northwest Pakistan.
Source: Reuters
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