An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck jap Afghanistan late Sunday.The US geological survey (USGS) reported reported that the quake hit at 11:47 pm native time (1917 GMT) at a shallow depth of 8 km, with its epicenter positioned 27 km east-northeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province.Two youngsters have been killed and at the very least 15 others injured after the jolt, provincial officers mentioned, in keeping with information company AFP.Provincial authorities mentioned the kids died when the roof of their residence collapsed in the course of the tremors. Preliminary assessments additionally reported a number of accidents.The quake shook buildings for a number of seconds throughout jap Afghanistan, with tremors additionally felt in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, round 370 km away, AFP journalists mentioned.Afghanistan is extremely vulnerable to seismic exercise resulting from its location close to the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates, notably within the Hindu Kush area.The quake comes simply days after Nangarhar province was hit by heavy flooding from Friday evening into Saturday, which killed 5 folks and destroyed crops and property, native officers mentioned.
