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A robust earthquake struck northeast Afghanistan on Tuesday, with tremors felt in cities in Pakistan and India.
The 6.5-magnitude earthquake, 40 kilometers southeast of the city of Jurm, was 187.6 km deep, the United States Geological Survey reported.
At least seven folks together with two youngsters have been injured in the cities of Khyber, Swabi, Mardan and Shangla in Pakistan, in line with Bilal Faizi, spokesperson of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial rescue providers.
Ensuing landslides have additionally blocked roads in the northern Pakistani metropolis of Abbotabad, Faizi mentioned.
Strong tremors have been felt in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, in line with a CNN workforce on the bottom. Sustained shaking may very well be felt, and folks have been seen evacuating their properties because the bushes shook. Eyewitnesses in Lahore instructed CNN the tremors have been additionally felt there.
CNN eyewitnesses additionally felt tremors in New Delhi and in Srinagar – the most important metropolis in Indian-administered Kashmir – the place an eyewitness instructed CNN that he might see his home shaking, as neighbors evacuated their properties.
Residents in the Pakistani metropolis of Islamabad in the meantime mentioned cracks had appeared in the partitions of their properties.
This is a breaking information story. More particulars to come back.
This story has been up to date to right the magnitude of the earthquake.