Strong earthquake has people fleeing homes in Afghanistan, Pakistan

KABUL: A robust earthquake lasting for at the very least 30 seconds was felt throughout a lot of Afghanistan, Pakistan and elements of India Tuesday night time, with america Geological Survey placing the magnitude at 6.5.
“Folks ran out of their homes and have been reciting the Koran,” an AFP correspondent in Pakistani metropolis of Rawalpindi stated, with comparable reviews coming from elsewhere within the nation and in Afghanistan.
USGS stated the quake was centred close to Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan and had a depth of 187 kilometers (116 miles).
Afghanistan is continuously hit by earthquakes, particularly within the Hindu Kush mountain vary, which lies close to the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
Greater than 1,000 individuals have been killed and tens of hundreds made homeless after a 5.9-magnitude quake — the deadliest in Afghanistan in almost 1 / 4 of a century — struck the impoverished province of Paktika on June 22 final 12 months.