Another strong seismic shock. This time, the epicenter was on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. A strong 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit the northeastern area of Afghanistan, bordering Pakistan. The US Institute of Geophysics (USGS) recorded the epicenter 40 km south-southeast of Jurm in Badakhshan province at a depth of 187.6 km.
The strong earthquake was also felt in northern India. On the net, testimonies speak of a long minute of terror in Islamabad, Pakistan, as well as in the Indian capital, New Delhi, and in other places in the mountainous region of Hindu Kush, at the junction of the tectonic plates of Eurasia and India. “People fled from their homes, reciting the Quran,” said an AFP reporter from Rawalpindi, in Pakistan’s Punjab. On June 22 last year, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit the Afghan province of Paktika, killing more than 1,000 people and displacing tens of thousands.
Source: IL Tempo
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