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5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan; No Immediate Damage Reported

Tremors were also felt in parts of Pakistan and northern India

On Saturday afternoon at 12:17 pm (IST), an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Afghanistan. Tremors were also felt across Pakistan and northern India.

In Pakistan, tremors were felt in Islamabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Lahore various parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region and Gilgit -Baltistan. In India, the tremors were felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and parts of the Delhi-NCR region.

The National Center of Seismology stated that the earthquake in Afghanistan was from a depth of 130 km. There were no reports of immediate damage.

โ€œEQ of M: 5.8, On: 19/04/2025 12:17:53 IST, Lat: 36.10 N, Long: 71.20 E, Depth: 130 Km, Location: Afghanistan,โ€ said the National Centre of Seismology on X.

A local in Srinagar said he felt the tremors while working in office. A visual shared by ANI from Jammu and Kashmirโ€™s Poonch shows fans in homes shaking due to the tremors.

This is the third time in a week that Pakistan has been hit by a quake. According to the National Seismological Center, this earthquake was recorded at a depth of 94 kilometers, with its epicenter being located near the border area between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

In October 2023, a series of powerful earthquakes, including one measuring 6.3 magnitude, devastated western Afghanistan, particularly Herat, killing over 1,000 people and displacing thousands more. That tragedy underscored the pressing need for strengthened disaster response systems and long-term resilience planning across the region

Earlier today, an earthquake of magnitude 2.9 hit Assamโ€™s Nagaon at 7.38am. The quake was at a depth of 10 km, according to the National Center for Seismology.

In February, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Delhi early on a Monday morning, sending panic-stricken residents into the streets.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reiterated Afghanistanโ€™s extreme vulnerability to natural disasters. It noted that frequent earthquakes disproportionately impact communities already weakened by decades of conflict and chronic under-development.

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