Today: Friday, 13 September 2024 year

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred in Afghanistan.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred in Afghanistan.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred in western Afghanistan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported on its website.

The magnitude was initially reported as 6.1.


The earthquake occurred at 6.41 UTC time 40 kilometers from the city of Herat with a population of 272 thousand people. The outbreak lay at a depth of 10 kilometers.


Information about possible casualties and destruction has not yet been received.