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Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 jolts Afghanistan
(Last Updated On: March 14, 2024)
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Afghanistan on Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology reported.
The tremors were felt at 08:54pm, at a depth of 146 km.
In a post on X, the NCS wrote, “Earthquake of Magnitude: 5.3, Occurred on 13-03-2024,
20:54:10 IST, Lat: 36.28 & Long: 70.25, Depth: 146 Km, Region: Afghanistan”
There are no reports of any casualties or collateral damage due to the quake. Tremors were also felt in the neighbouring areas of Pakistan.
Last year in October, over 2,000 people were killed after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Afghan city of Herat.