KABUL: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, with AFP journalists in the capital Kabul and elsewhere reporting strong shaking. The quake was widely felt by AFP journalists across multiple Afghan provinces, as well as in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. The USGS recorded the epicentre in northeastern Afghanistan at a depth of 208.3 kilometres (129.4 miles).
Buildings rattled in Kabul, with one AFP journalist reporting a large crack stretching across an internal wall. Journalists also felt the quake in Balkh and Badakhshan provinces, which border multiple countries including Tajikistan and Pakistan. To the east, it was felt in provinces including Nangarhar and Khost. Details on casualties and damage were not immediately available. Earthquakes are common in Afghanistan, particularly along the Hindu Kush mountain range, near where the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates meet.
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