An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 was recorded in Afghanistan.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 was recorded in Afghanistan. This was reported on September 4 on the website of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).

It is specified that the seismic event was located at a depth of 10 km. At the same time, the epicenter of the tremors was located at a distance of 41 km northeast of the city of Jalalabad with a population of about 200 thousand people.

Currently, there is no information about casualties or damage.

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Earlier, tremors were reported in Japan and Pakistan.

The day before, the deputy official representative of the Afghan government, Hamdullah Fitrat, noted that the death toll from the earthquake in the east of the country had increased to 1,457 people. Also, as a result of the incident, about 6.7 thousand houses were destroyed.

On September 2, it was reported that a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred near the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan.

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