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An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale struck 149km north-north-east (NNE) of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, the Nationwide Middle for Seismology (NCS) stated.

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Afghanistan Earthquake: The NCS stated that the earthquake at a depth of ten Kilometres.(Representational)(*5*)

The NCS stated that the earthquake at a depth of ten Kilometres happened all over 4 pm (India Time).

NCS tweeted, "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.2, Transpired on 03-06-2023, fifteen:fifty five:02 IST, Lat: 35.eighty four & Lengthy: sixty nine.sixty nine, Depth: ten Km, Place: 149km NNE of Kabul, Afghanistan "

In Afghanistan, an earthquake takes place every single 2-3 months. On Could eleven, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 strike the ninety nine-kilometre south-southwest of Fayzabad. In the same way, on Could 9, a 4.3 magnitude quake was felt in Fayzabad, NCS knowledgeable.

Very last thirty day period, the Taliban-led Afghanistan Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority (ANDMA) noted that at minimum forty two individuals ended up killed and fifty four other people ended up hurt in thirteen provinces thanks to all-natural disasters about the past thirty day period.

Shafiullah Rahimi, a spokesman for the Taliban-led ministry in a online video stated that 341 household properties ended up fully or partly wrecked, 19,573 acres of agricultural land ended up wrecked, and 1,354 cattle ended up missing in these locations, largely thanks to flash floods through this period of time, Khaama Push noted.

In accordance to Khaama Push, the incidents took area in Kapisa, Maidan Wardak, Takhar, Badakhshan, Ghor, Kandahar, Kunar, Nuristan, Laghman, Paktia, Khost, Daikundi and Nangarhar.

As for every the news report, Afghanistan is a country that is inclined to all-natural disasters like earthquakes, flooding, landslide, freezing winters and avalanches.

In accordance to Taliban-led Catastrophe administration ministry officers, far more than one thousand individuals have been killed whilst far more than 2000 other people have been hurt thanks to all-natural disasters about the earlier 12 months, Khaama Push noted.