Earthquake Shakes Hindu Kush Region: Impact Across South Asia
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, causing significant tremors felt in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, Kabul in Afghanistan, and India's capital New Delhi. The German Research Centre for Geosciences reported the quake at a depth of 177 km.
An earthquake with a 5.9 magnitude has struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) on Friday.
The tremors were notably strong and felt across regional capitals including Islamabad, Kabul, and New Delhi, as reported by Reuters witnesses.
GFZ stated that the earthquake had a considerable depth of 177 km (110 miles), potentially reducing surface-level damage but causing widespread concern across the affected countries.
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