An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 hit Afghanistan, said the press service of the Center for Seismic Forecasting Monitoring of the Emergency Situations Ministry of Uzbekistan, Report informs via TASS.
“On October 9 at 14:46 local time (GMT+4:30), an earthquake occurred in Afghanistan. The depth of the tremors was 55 km, and the magnitude was 4.7. The distance from the epicenter to Tashkent is 1,005 km,” the center said.
There was no information about casualties or damage.
On October 7, a devastating earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred in western Afghanistan, as a result of which about 10,000 Afghans were left homeless.