Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts Northern Afghanistan

A massive magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolted Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Sunday, just one day after lower magnitude tremors were felt in the region. The earthquake comes months after a magnitude 6 earthquake left at least 800 people dead and even more injured.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake hit northern Afghanistan at a depth of 28 kilometres with the epicentre located 22 km west-southwest of Khulm, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The tremors occurred at 12:59 am on Monday, and the tremors were felt as far as Kabul in Afghanistan, Mashhad in Iran and Islamabad in Pakistan.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hits northern Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/lb5LWc0rHk

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This comes a day after minor earthquakes of magnitude 4.9 struck the region late on Saturday. As per the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), tremor was felt across several nearby provinces; however, there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The USGS issued an orange alert in its PAGER system, which is an automated system that produces information on the impact of earthquakes, and indicate that “significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially