In Afghanistan and Pakistan, at least a dozen people died in a strong earthquake on Tuesday evening. Several people were also injured.
At least nine people were killed and at least 30 others injured in the northern Pakistani province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to the local disaster management agency. In Afghanistan, there are currently two deaths, including a child.
The Pakistan Meteorological Agency reported that the earthquake in the capital Islamabad had a magnitude of 6.8 after both the US seismological institute USGS and the European seismological center EMSC had previously stated a magnitude of 6.5. According to the USGS, the epicenter was in the northern Afghan province of Badachshan, more specifically in the village of Jurm, at a depth of 187 kilometers. The shock was also felt in some parts of India.
Earthquakes occur again and again in the region. For example, in the summer of 2022, more than a thousand people died in a devastating earthquake in the border area of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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