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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan
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- 16 April, 2025
- 09:47
An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, Report informs via Reuters.
The quake was at a depth of 121 km (75 miles), EMSC said, and the epicentre 164 km east of Baghlan, a city with a population of about 108,000.
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