6.2 quake shakes northeast Afghanistan, Pakistan

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6.2 quake shakes northeast Afghanistan, Pakistan​

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say a strong earthquake has hit northeastern Afghanistan, a quake that rattled the capital Kabul for about a minute.

The U.S. Geological Survey says Sunday's quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and was located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan in the Hindu Kush mountains. The area is often hit by earthquakes but is sparsely populated.

A Badakhshan police official, Fazel Ahmad Naderi, says the quake was strong but noted that his cell phone still worked, meaning that towers had not been toppled. The quake hit about 12:50 a.m. local time and Naderi says he won't know about damage until daylight.

The quake rattled buildings in Kabul, about 160 miles southwest of the epicenter.

 

[Neo]

5.9 earthquake jolts Pakistan​

LAHORE: An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted parts of the NWFP, Kashmir and Northern Areas, Khyber Agency, Islamabad, and Lahore late on Saturday. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in the Hindukush mountains. Sepaerately, a 7.2-magnitude quake struck at sea to the northwest of Manokwari in Indonesia’s West Papua province, and the government warned of a tsunami.

 

[Imran Khan]

god bless our people we already face so many problims.we have to pray may ALLAH save us.

 

[thorosius]

It was like I was in a mixing machine! The 2 earthquakes were on consecutive nights ... But most of the people here are getting used to them.