At least two individuals killed and a whole lot injured in Pakistan after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Pakistan and Afghanistan, with tremors felt in India.

At least two individuals have been killed and a whole lot injured in northern Pakistan after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit areas throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan, with tremors felt so far as the Indian capital New Delhi.

The earthquake’s epicentre was 40km (25 miles) south-southeast of the Afghan city of Jurm, close to the borders with Pakistan and Tajikistan, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) mentioned on Tuesday.

Separately, Pakistan’s Meteorological Department put the magnitude barely larger at 6.8, and later reported a 3.7 aftershock within the Hindu Kush area alongside the nation’s border with Afghanistan.

Notable quake, preliminary information: M 6.5 – 40 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan https://t.co/wxZ5D1GFQs

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At least two individuals, together with a baby, had been killed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province because of the earthquake, rescue officers have informed Al Jazeera.

“A 10-year-old girl in Swat, and a 24-year old man in Lower Dir died when the walls of their [respective] houses collapsed,” Bilal Faizi, spokesperson for the Rescue 1122 service within the northwestern province, informed Al Jazeera.

According to Faizi, landslides have brought on injury in Swat district, 180km (112 miles) northwest of the capital Islamabad.

“More than 20 buildings have suffered damages due to the jolts, and scores of people have been injured,” he mentioned.

Hospitals within the Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province handled at the very least 250 sufferers, of whom 15 suffered minor accidents and greater than 200 had been unconscious. Fifty-two individuals had been injured in different elements of the province, officers mentioned.

Meanwhile, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif requested the nation’s catastrophe administration officers to stay vigilant within the aftermath of the earthquake.

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has been felt throughout a lot of Afghanistan, Pakistan and elements of India.

At least 3 individuals have been killed – two in Afghanistan and one in Pakistan in response to police and officers ⤵️

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No casualties reported from Afghanistan, India

So far no casualties have been reported in Afghanistan, native authorities have mentioned, including that well being centres throughout the nation had been placed on excessive alert.

The tremor was felt within the Afghan capital, Kabul, in addition to plenty of Pakistani cities, together with Islamabad and Lahore.

Sarah Hasan, a resident of Islamabad, informed Al Jazeera that the partitions of her home vibrated because the earthquake hit the Pakistani capital.

“It started off slowly and then became strong,” the 43-year-old mentioned.

“The house was vibrating, things were shaking. It started slowing down, and after a few minutes, it felt like everything is calm again.”

Witnesses additionally reported feeling the shaking in Indian-administered Kashmir. There, individuals rushed out of their properties in worry as they recalled two devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syrian final month, killing greater than 50,000 individuals.

“We were sitting in our home when we saw everything around us shaking. Initially, it was not very powerful, but when we rushed outside we saw everyone in the street crying,” Muhammad Yasin, a resident of the primary metropolis of Srinagar, informed Al Jazeera.

“The images of the devastation from Turkey and Syria are still fresh [in our eyes]. For a moment, we felt it is the end of our world,” he mentioned.

More than 1,000 individuals had been killed final 12 months after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit jap Afghanistan.