A robust magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday, killing at the least 12 folks and injuring round 200 others, native media reported.
The quake’s epicenter was positioned 22 kilometers (14 miles) west-southwest of Khulm at a depth of 28 kilometers, in line with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It struck at 12:59 a.m. Monday native time.
Well being officers mentioned that 12 folks have been confirmed useless and about 200 have been injured in Samangan province, close to the epicenter.
Afghanistan has endured a collection of earthquakes lately which have brought on hundreds of deaths, and USGS fashions estimate that shaking from this quake might additionally lead to lots of of fatalities.
