6.3
Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan
ABC,
25
December, 2015
A
6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan today near the boarders
of Tajikistan and Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The
quake’s epicenter was 176 miles from Kabul. The shaking was felt in
Islamabad, Pakistan and New Delhi, India.
The
U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was 203.5 km deep. Deeper
earthquakes tend to cause less damage than shallower earthquakes of
the same magnitude.
Potential
damage was not immediately clear.
From RT
The
epicenter fell 81km southeast of the Afghan city of Feyzabad, 40km
west-south-west of Ashkasham, according to US seismological monitors.
Strong #Earthquake we are all out of the building
Tremors
were felt in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Pakistan’s capital,
Islamabad, and in India’s capital, New Delhi.
The
government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province issued a red alert in the
wake of the quake. However, it did not report on casualties or
damages.
A
Pakistani official, Ghulam Rasool, told AP that a strong earthquake
had struck the region, shaking buildings and forcing residents in
Islamabad out of their homes
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