Earthquake

The U.S. geological survey recorded a 6.5 magnitude temblor in the far northeast of Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border.

More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after a 5.9-magnitude quake — the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century — There were no immediate reports of injuries, and the USGS assessed that there was a "low likelihood" of damage or casualties based on the location and strength of the temblor. "People ran out of their houses and were reciting the Koran," an AFP correspondent in Rawalpindi said, with similar reports coming from the capital Islamabad, Lahore and elsewhere in the country.

A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India on Tuesday night, ...

[struck the impoverished province of Paktika ](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/22/afghanistan-earthquake-at-least-130-dead-after-magnitude-quake-strikes)on 22 June last year. More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after a 5.9-magnitude quake – the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century – [Afghanistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/afghanistan), Pakistan and parts of India on Tuesday night, with the US Geological Survey putting its magnitude at 6.5.

A strong earthquake struck northeast Afghanistan on Tuesday, with tremors felt in cities in Pakistan and India.

Eyewitnesses in Lahore told CNN the tremors were also felt there. Strong tremors were felt in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, according to a CNN team on the ground. Residents in the Pakistani city of Islamabad meanwhile said cracks had appeared in the walls of their homes.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Valparaiso, Chile on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

[The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html) March 21 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Valparaiso, Chile on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 44 kilometers (27.34 miles) below the earth's surface, EMSC said.

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit northeast Afghanistan late Tuesday, sending residents in neighboring Pakistan and Tajikistan fleeing their homes in terror.

has offered a lower estimate of 770. [earthquake in Turkey](https://www.foxnews.com/world/turkey-hit-another-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-leaving-three-dead) that killed more than 45,000. Geological Survey pinpointed the center about 25 miles south-southeast of Jurm in Afghanistan's mountainous Hindukush region, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers put the total death toll from the quake at 1,150, with hundreds more injured, while the U.N. [bordering Pakistan](https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/pakistan) and Tajikistan. [northeast Afghanistan](https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/conflicts/afghanistan) late Tuesday, sending tremors in neighboring Pakistan and causing people to flee their homes in terror.

There have been no initial reports of damage or casualties as a result of the earthquake; however, significant damage is unlikely. It could take several hours ...

Officials may temporarily shut down transportation infrastructure in the tremor zone to check for damage. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 65 km (40 miles), and light shaking was probably felt throughout the regions of Coquimbo, Valparaiso, O'Higgins, Maule, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and Argentina's Mendoza Province. A magnitude-5.6 earthquake occurred in central Chile at around 14:38 March 21.

Residents in the capital Tuesday fled their homes as walls started swaying and the quake was felt across the country. Pakistan's meteorological office said the ...

Rakhshinda Tauseed, a physician, said she was at her hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore when the earthquake hit. has offered a lower estimate of 770. “I quickly thought that it is a big one, and we left the restaurant and came out,” he told The Associated Press by phone. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers put the total death toll from the quake at 1,150, with hundreds more injured, while the U.N. The U.S. The situation was similar in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the border with Afghanistan, where people were seen standing outside their homes and offices.

At least two killed, over 300 injured in Pakistan after quake hits Pakistan, Afghanistan, with tremors felt in India.

For a moment, we felt it is the end of our world,” he said. Fifty-two people were injured in other parts of the province, officials said. “We were sitting in our home when we saw everything around us shaking. At least two people have been killed and hundreds injured in northern Pakistan after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit areas across Afghanistan and Pakistan, with tremors felt as far as the Indian capital New Delhi. At least two people killed and hundreds injured in Pakistan after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Pakistan and Afghanistan, with tremors felt in India. At least two people, including a child, were killed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a result of the earthquake, rescue officials have told Al Jazeera.

(KRON) — A preliminary 2.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Point Reyes on Tuesday at 12:41 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Twelve people were injured in northwest Pakistan in the quake, which was centered in Afghanistan and also felt in bordering Tajikistan.

Rakhshinda Tauseed, a physician, said she was at her hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore when the earthquake hit. offered a lower estimate of 770. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers put the total death toll from the quake at 1,150, with hundreds more injured, while the U.N. “I quickly thought that it is a big one, and we left the restaurant and came out,” he told The Associated Press by phone. A magnitude 7.6 quake in 2005 killed thousands of people in Pakistan and Kashmir. The U.S.

An earthquake that struck parts of South Asia on Tuesday has been called "major," with videos circulating online of the quake and its frenzied aftermath.

"A strong earthquake hit kabul , and as I struggled to reach out family after many attempts I finally managed to speak to them," Ayoubi wrote. Stay away from buildings." Reuters reported that at least three people have been reported dead, including two adults in Eastern Afghanistan and one child in Pakistan. Multiple media outlets have the magnitude ranging from 6.8 to more than 7. "1. "A major #earthquake measuring at least 7.7 on the Richter scale has occurred in South Asia," the International Human Rights Foundation tweeted.

The 6.5 magnitude quake was centred in Afghanistan's remote Jurm valley which is prone to seismic activity.

A child was among those killed in the Laghman province near the country's border with Pakistan, AFP reported. Three others were killed in Afghanistan, the country's health ministry spokesman said. Nine of the confirmed deaths were reported in the valley region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and offices.

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At least 19 houses were partially damaged by the earthquake, Abdul Basit, a senior official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government told Reuters on Wednesday.

In 2005, at least 73,000 people were killed by a 7.6 magnitude quake that struck northern Pakistan. At least nine people were killed and 44 injured in northwest Pakistan, a Pakistani government official said, and hospitals in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were put into a state of emergency overnight. At least 13 people were killed and more than 90 injured in Pakistan and Afghanistan after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck late on Tuesday, government officials said.

ISLAMABAD — (AP) — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices ...

Geological Survey said the epicenter of the magnitude 6.5 quake was 40 kilometers (25 miles) south-southeast of Jurm in Afghanistan's mountainous Hindukush region, bordering Pakistan and Tajikistan. The powerful tremors sent many people fleeing their homes and offices in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, some reciting verses from the Quran, Islam's holy book. “I quickly thought that it is a big one, and we left the restaurant and came out,” he told The Associated Press by phone. Faizi and other officials said nine people were killed when roofs collapsed in various parts of northwestern Pakistan. Taimoor Khan, a spokesman for the provincial disaster management authority in the northwest, said at least 19 mudbrick homes collapsed in remote areas. At least nine people died in Pakistan and two in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and offices.

Geological Survey said the epicenter of the magnitude 6.5 quake was 40 kilometers (25 miles) south-southeast of Jurm in Afghanistan's mountainous Hindukush region, bordering Pakistan and Tajikistan. The powerful tremors sent many people fleeing their homes and offices in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, some reciting verses from the Quran, Islam's holy book. “I quickly thought that it is a big one, and we left the restaurant and came out,” he told The Associated Press by phone. Faizi and other officials said nine people were killed when roofs collapsed in various parts of northwestern Pakistan. At least nine people died in Pakistan and two in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday Taimoor Khan, a spokesman for the provincial disaster management authority in the northwest, said at least 19 mudbrick homes collapsed in remote areas.

Senior duty seismologist at Geoscience Australia Hugh Glanville said the earthquake was felt as far as Adelaide, more than 250 kilometres away. "It's been felt ...

- Geoscience Australia says it is the largest earthquake recorded in the state in the past 10 years - A magnitude-4.8 earthquake has been recorded in the Flinders Ranges A magnitude-4.8 earthquake has been recorded in South Australia's Flinders Ranges.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck South Australia, with many people in Adelaide feeling the tremor.

The magnitude 4.8 tremor was centered in the Flinders Region, at a depth of 7km. [earthquake](/news/earthquakes/index.html) has struck [South Australia](/news/south-australia/index.html), marking the strongest earthquake the state has recorded in almost a decade. - Tremors were felt 250km away in the city's CBD

The quake strikes 116 miles below the Earth's surface, causing it to be felt over a wide area.

The scenes were repeated in Kabul and elsewhere in neighboring Afghanistan. Sharafat Zaman Amar, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the public health ministry, said the earthquake killed four people and injured 70 in Afghanistan. Last year in southeastern Afghanistan, a 6.1 magnitude quake struck a rugged, mountainous region, flattening stone and mud-brick homes. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the quake was 25 miles south-southeast of the district of Jurm in Afghanistan’s mountainous Hindukush region, bordering Pakistan and Tajikistan. They were quickly discharged, Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for Pakistan’s emergency services told the Associated Press. Many were hurt when the roofs of their homes collapsed on them.