Publish dateSunday 6 August 2023 - 07:59
Story Code : 274313
5.8 and 5.3 Magnitude Earthquakes hit Afghanistan
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that, two earthquakes of magnitude 5.8 and 5.3 struck Afghanistan late Saturday and early Sunday,
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, The quake, which struck at 08:31 p.m. on Saturday, hit 47 kilometers south-southwest of Jurm district of northeast Badakhshan province, at a depth of 207.1 kilometers.
 
Hours later, another earthquake measuring 5.3-magnitude struck the same area at 05:02 a.m. at a depth of 203.2 kilometers, according to USGS.
 
No reports of casualties or material damage are known yet.
 
Meanwhile, an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck eastern China in the early hours of Sunday, injuring at least 21 people and dozens of buildings collapsed, according to media reports.
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