Strong earthquake in Pakistan-Afghanistan

A strong earthquake struck the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, and the northern part of Pakistan. Al-Jazeera reported that at least two people were killed and hundreds of people were injured in Pakistan.

The international media reported that the neighboring country of India was also shaken by the earthquake that occurred on Tuesday (March 21) evening.

The magnitude of this earthquake was 6.5. Then there was also a shock of magnitude 3.7.

Tremors were also felt in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and Pakistan's capital Islamabad and Lahore. The tremor was also felt from India's capital New Delhi and Kashmir.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake's epicenter was 40 kilometers south-southeast of the Afghan city of Jurom, near the Pakistan-Tajikistan border.

According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, the magnitude of the earthquake in the Hindu Kush region was a little over 6.8 magnitude. And the magnitude of the shock was 3.7.

A 10-year-old girl and a 24-year-old man were killed when a house wall collapsed in an earthquake in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. However, there were no immediate reports of casualties from Afghanistan and India.

Bilal Faizi, spokesperson of rescue agency Rescue 1122 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that the landslide occurred in Swat district there. There more than 20 buildings were damaged and many people were injured.

At least 250 people have been treated in hospitals in Swat Valley. 15 of them were slightly injured. And more than two hundred people were unconscious due to the earthquake. Officials said 52 people were injured in other areas of the province.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked the country's disaster management officials to be alert for post-earthquake operations.

Last year on September 22, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in the northeastern provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar in Afghanistan. The death toll exceeded 1,000 and more than 1,500 people were injured.

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