A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan while jolts were felt in Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi-NCR. Meanwhile, netizens took to social media to report the quake.
According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake hit at a depth of 215 km. According to a Reuters report, which cited an eyewitness, people ran out of their doors in panic in Swat district in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Pakistan records 4 earthquakes in 24 hours
Earlier, in a span of 24 hours staring Friday, Pakistan experienced four earthquakes, with the strongest registering a magnitude of 5.5, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The most powerful tremor struck at 8:36 a.m. local time on Saturday at a depth of 40 kilometres. Its epicentre was located in Pakistan’s Balochistan region near coordinates 30.271°N and 69.733°E.
The 5.5-magnitude quake was preceded by a 4.3-magnitude earthquake at 6:15 a.m. local time on Saturday, which occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres. Two additional tremors had also hit Balochistan on Friday—a magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 10:55 a.m., followed by a magnitude 4.7 quake at 11:27 a.m.—with both originating at a depth of 10 kilometres.
The latest earthquake in Afghanistan also came a day after an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near eastern Honshu in Japan on Friday, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The quake was at a depth of 20 km.
Fresh quake in Venezuala
Just days after two devastating earthquakes flattened buildings in Venezuala, a fresh quake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit the country on Saturday off Aragua.
Meanwhile, the death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes climbed to nearly 1,000 as rescue operations entered their second day, with frustration growing over limited resources and what residents described as an inadequate state response.
International rescue teams and humanitarian aid began arriving in the worst-affected parts of Caracas and surrounding regions nearly 48 hours after the powerful 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck. Government figures put the confirmed death toll at 920, with 3,360 people injured and 172 still believed to be trapped beneath collapsed buildings.
Meanwhile, an online platform collecting reports of missing people had registered more than 50,000 cases by Friday afternoon.
