Highly effective magnitude 6.3 quake hits north Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush area | Earthquakes Information

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The earthquake comes two months after the deadliest quake in latest Afghan historical past, which killed 1000’s of individuals.

A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan, in keeping with the US Geological Survey (USGS), two months after a quake killed 1000’s of individuals.

The USGS stated in a single day Sunday into Monday that the quake hit at a revised depth of 28km (17 miles) in Kholm, close to town of Mazar-i-Sharif within the Hindu Kush area, at 12:59 am native time (20:29 GMT). It was felt by correspondents with the AFP information company based mostly within the capital Kabul.

The company had initially given the depth as 10km (6 miles).

The nation’s nationwide catastrophe administration company stated stories on casualties and harm could be shared later.

On August 31, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake, the deadliest in latest Afghan historical past, struck within the nation’s east, killing greater than 2,200 folks.

Earthquakes are frequent within the nation, notably alongside the Hindu Kush mountain vary, close to the place the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates meet.

Since 1900, northeastern Afghanistan has been hit by 12 earthquakes with a magnitude above 7.0, in keeping with Brian Baptie, a seismologist with the British Geological Survey.