Massive earthquake hits Afghanistan, tremors felt across north India

A day after an earthquake of 4.9 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred at the Hindu Kush area of Afghanistan on Thursday, roughly 277 km north-northeast of Kabul, a massive earthquake hit Afghanistan once again on Friday. 7.5 magnitude earthquake was felt in Afghanistan. 

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Tajikistan at 10:31pm Friday night, according to National Centre for Seismology. Strong tremors were felt across the north Indian subcontinent with tremors in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, the Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand.

Initial reports suggest the earthquake in Amritsar and the one that struck the Central Asia nation happened at the same time.

The earthquake struck the Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region at a depth of 86 km (53.4 miles).

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.4 also jolted Pakistan. As per the local media reports, no loss of life or property was reported so far.

According to the National Seismic…

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