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Afghanistan Earthquake: An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude hit Afghanistan on Thursday. Its tremors were felt in India as well. People were scared by the earthquake in Delhi-NCR and some areas of Rajasthan. According to the National Center for Seismology, an earthquake of 5.7 magnitude hit 277 km northeast of Kabul at a depth of 255 km at 11:26 am on Thursday. The tremors of the earthquake that struck Afghanistan today were felt in many parts of North India, including Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi.
According to the information, there is no news of any damage due to this earthquake.
Effect in Delhi NCR too
An earthquake struck Afghanistan at 11.26 am, the impact of which was also felt in Delhi NCR. According to NCS, an earthquake of 5.7 magnitude occurred at 11:26 am at a depth of 255 km, 277 km north east of Kabul. As soon as the earth started shaking, people started coming out of their houses. However, there is no news of any damage yet. Its impact was also seen in Delhi NCR. Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad today.
Tremors were also felt in Pakistan
The impact of the earthquake that struck Afghanistan this morning was also felt in Jammu and Kashmir and some parts of Pakistan. Along with this, earthquake tremors were also felt in Islamabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Faisalabad and surrounding areas of Pakistan. The magnitude of the earthquake in Pakistan has been estimated at 5.4. Earthquake tremors have been felt in some areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. Users are posting about this on social media.
It is worth noting that in October last year, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake caused massive destruction in the Taliban ruled country. Many people were killed.
In October last year, three earthquakes occurred one after the other in Afghanistan. The intensity of all three was also high. 6.3 on October 7, 6.3 on October 11 and 6.4 on October 15. Due to which 1500 people died in Herat and surrounding areas.