Strong tremors lasting nearly two minutes were felt in several states in northern India after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Tuesday night. This was the second earthquake in Afghanistan yesterday. The quake struck 133 km southeast of Faizabad, Afghanistan, according to the National Center for Seismology. Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush Mountains near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. The tremor was also felt in various cities in Pakistan. People gathering in the street, with reporting that objects had fallen into their homes. No deaths or injuries were reported immediately.
Earthquake tremors were felt in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, and other areas of Pakistan.
Strong tremors were also felt in Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Kot Momin, Madh Ranjha, Chakwal, Kohat and in Gilgit-Baltistan areas.
The earthquake killed nine people, including two women, and injured over 160 others as well as causing many buildings to collapse, as Pakistani media reported.
