Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan's Hindu Kush Region: Epicentre 74 km North of Parun, Depth About 101 km
According to the U.S. Geological Survey's real-time event record, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan at 17:48 UTC on November 15. The epicentre was about 74 km north of Parun in Nuristan Province, at 36.095 degrees north latitude and 70.950 degrees east longitude, at a depth of about 100.7 km. The USGS event ID is us7000tyfh. In local Afghan time the quake occurred at about 10:18 p.m. on November 15, or 9:48 a.m. Pacific Time that day.
Pakistan's seismological centre measured the quake at magnitude 5.3 with a depth of about 84 km, also centred in the Hindu Kush. Strong tremors were felt in the capital Islamabad and several cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, sending many residents outdoors. Pakistani media reported that, as of that evening, no casualties or major property damage had been reported in Pakistan.
The Hindu Kush range lies along a plate boundary and is prone to earthquakes; deeper quakes there are often felt across wide areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. This report states only the magnitude, time, depth and location confirmed by the USGS and Pakistani authorities; casualty and damage figures will follow later official local reports.
(Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS))
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS
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Photo: 图：兴都库什山脉（阿富汗与巴基斯坦边境一带，资料图）。Ninara 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons，本图已裁为 16:9。 / Photo: The Hindu Kush mountains near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border (file photo). Photo by Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped to 16:9.
