Ten people have died and 260 people have been injured after a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck northern Afghanistan last night.

 

 

According to the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, an earthquake occurred in the early hours and shook multiple regions, including the country’s northwestern, central, western, northern, north-eastern, and eastern zones.

 

 

The epicentre of the quake was reported in Kholm, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where most of the damage occurred. Authorities said many of the injured were treated and later discharged from the hospitals.

 

 

The National Centre for Seismology of India has confirmed that the earthquake had a depth of 23 kilometres. The tremors were also felt in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan.

 

 

The US Geological Survey has issued an orange alert, indicating that the disaster is potentially widespread. Afghanistan frequently experiences deadly earthquakes due to its location along major fault lines. A magnitude 6.0 quake in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border killed more than two thousand 200 people on 31st August of this year.