Overview
- The earthquake, which struck Friday, measured about magnitude 5.8–5.9 at a depth near 150–190 kilometers in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush near Badakhshan and Kunduz.
- Afghan officials said eight members of one family died when their home collapsed on Kabul’s outskirts, and a young child was injured.
- Shaking was widely felt in Delhi-NCR, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana as well as Islamabad and several Pakistani provinces, with no immediate damage reported in India or Pakistan.
- Police and disaster agencies in Pakistan and Afghanistan put crews on alert and began assessments, while India’s National Center for Seismology and global agencies confirmed the quake’s parameters.
- Videos showed fans and chandeliers swaying in high-rises, and experts noted that deep-focus quakes can carry energy over long distances without a tsunami risk but still threaten vulnerable buildings.