A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan’s mountainous Hindu Kush region, near the border with Pakistan, late on Sunday, according to US seismologists.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that “the epicentre of the quake, which struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), was located 42 kilometres east-northeast of Jalalabad.”
The tremor occurred at 11:47 pm (1917 GMT), the USGS added.
So far, there have been no immediate reports of casualties or property damage.
Afghanistan lies in a seismically active zone and is often affected by earthquakes, particularly in the Hindu Kush mountain range, where the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates meet.
