<p>An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 has struck Afghanistan, as reported by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).</p>
<p>The earthquake occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning at 04:43 AM Indian Standard Time (IST).</p>
<p>The NCS shared the details in a post on X, saying that the earthquake occurred at Latitude 35.83 N, Longitude 70.60 E.</p>
<p>As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 kilometres.</p>
<p>"EQ of M: 5.9, On: 16/04/2025 04:43:58 IST, Lat: 35.83 N, Long: 70.60 E, Depth: 75 Km, Location: Hindu Kush, Afghanistan", NCS wrote on X.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">EQ of M: 5.9, On: 16/04/2025 04:43:58 IST, Lat: 35.83 N, Long: 70.60 E, Depth: 75 Km, Location: Hindu Kush, Afghanistan. <br />For more information Download the BhooKamp App <a href="https://t.co/5gCOtjcVGs">https://t.co/5gCOtjcVGs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJitendraSingh?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@DrJitendraSingh</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficeOfDrJS?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@OfficeOfDrJS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Ravi_MoES?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@Ravi_MoES</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Dr_Mishra1966?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@Dr_Mishra1966</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ndmaindia?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@ndmaindia</a> <a href="https://t.co/cdndqE0OQR">pic.twitter.com/cdndqE0OQR</a></p>
&mdash; National Center for Seismology (@NCS_Earthquake) <a href="https://twitter.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1912288594649022604?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<p>As per the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan remains highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including seasonal flooding, landslides and earthquakes.</p>
<p>These frequent earthquakes in Afghanistan cause damage to vulnerable communities, which are already grappling with decades of conflict and under-development and have left them with little resilience to cope with multiple simultaneous shocks, UNOCHA noted.</p>
<p>Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain range is a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, according to the Red Cross.</p>
<p>Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running directly through Herat.</p>
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The earthquake occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning at 04:43 AM Indian Standard Time (IST)

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