Without losses.. a 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan

Hit Earthquakemagnitude 6.3 north of AfghanistanOn Sunday night, according to what the US Geological Survey reported.

And The earthquakewhich reached a depth of 10 kilometers in Khulm, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province, according to the US agency.

Residents of distant areas, including the capital Kabul, felt the tremors, according to Agence France-Presse correspondents.

August earthquake

At the end of August, a 6-magnitude earthquake struck the east of the country, claiming the lives of more than 2,200 people.

Afghanistan, located at The intersection of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates causes earthquakes on a frequent basis.

Since 1900, the northeast of the country has witnessed 12 earthquakes with a magnitude exceeding 7 magnitude, according to Brian Baptee, a seismologist at the British Geological Survey.

In October 2023, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, followed by a series of strong aftershocks, struck Herat Province in western Afghanistan, resulting in More than 1,500 people were killed and more than 63,000 homes were destroyed or damaged, according to United Nations estimates.

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