US Geological Survey puts magnitude at 6.5, with centre near Jurm in Afghanistan
A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of, Pakistan and parts of India on Tuesday night, with the US Geological Survey putting its magnitude at 6.5.
“People ran out of their houses and were reciting the Qur’an,” an AFP correspondent in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi said, with similar reports coming from elsewhere in the country and Afghanistan. The US Geological Survey said the quake was centred near Jurm in north-eastern Afghanistan and had a depth of 187 km .
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after a 5.9-magnitude quake – the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century –
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