Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: The Chiatibo glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, October 16, 2019. Neil Hall/Pool via Reuters

BRUYERES LE CHATEL, France: An earthquake measuring 5.2 magnitude struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Sunday (Oct 25), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

EMSC earlier estimated the earthquake at magnitude 5.8, before downgrading it to 5.2.

The quake was at a depth of 110 km, the centre added. - Reuters