A strong earthquake struck Afghanistan on Tuesday, shaking elements of Pakistan and India as effectively.

The United States Geological Survey measured the earthquake as 6.5-magnitude on the Richter scale. It hit about 25 miles away from Jurm, a small city in northeastern Afghanistan, within the Hindu Kush mountain vary, close to the borders with Pakistan and Tajikistan.

The earthquake was felt further south within the capital of Kabul, in accordance with Al Jazeera.

“The quake was so strong and terrifying, we thought houses are collapsing on us, people were all shouting and were shocked,” resident Shafiullah Azimi told the Associated Press.

Pakistan’s meteorological agency recorded the earthquake as 6.8 magnitude. The German Research Center for Geosciences additionally recorded it at 6.8 magnitude and measured its depth at 114 miles.

In the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, the shaking brought on panicked residents to flee their houses, with some reporting cracks showing within the partitions.

“It started off slowly and then became strong,” resident Sarah Hasan advised Al Jazeera. “The house was vibrating, things were shaking. It started slowing down, and after a few minutes, it felt like everything is calm again.”

Residents of Lahore, Peshawa and Rawalpindi described buildings shaking and swaying.

The quake was felt in a number of elements of India as effectively, together with Delhi and Srinagar — the most important metropolis in Kashmir — in accordance with experiences.

There are not any experiences of casualties in Afghanistan however a equally measured quake in jap Afghanistan killed over 1,000 individuals in 2022. A 7.6-magnitude quake killed 1000’s of individuals in Pakistan and Kashmir in 2005.

“So far, thank God, there has been no bad news of casualties. We hope that all citizens of the country are safe,” Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter.

Twelve individuals had been reported injured in northwest Pakistan.

The tremor comes after an earthquake hit Turkey and Syria killing more than 50,000 people.

With News Wire Services