REUTERS
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit
northern Afghanistan and Pakistan late on Friday.
Strong shocks were felt in the
Afghan capital Kabul at 11:14 p.m. local time (1914 GMT) and in the Pakistani
capital Islamabad, waking sleeping people and driving them out of their houses.
Tremors were felt as far away as New Delhi, officials said.
Heavy tremors were also felt in
the regions of North-East Pakistan, PaK, Indian administered Jammu &
Kashmir and parts of Northern India.
The U.S. Geological Survey said
the earthquake, initially reported as magnitude 6.4, was at a depth of 126.5
miles (203 km) and centred 51 miles (82 km) southeast of the town of Feyzabad,
capital of the Afghan province of Badakhshan.
In Pakistan, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
government issued a red alert soon after the earthquake but there was no
immediate information about loss of life or damage to property.
A magnitude 6.2 quake is
considered strong and can cause severe damage. There were no immediate reports
of damage or casualties but communications can be slow in the mountainous
region where the quake was centred.
With harsh winter weather setting
in, any widespread destruction of buildings and houses would create severe
hardship.
A magnitude-7.5 quake hit northern
Afghanistan and Pakistan on Oct. 26, destroying thousands of houses and killing
more than 300 people.
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