Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes southeastern Afghanistan, GFZ says


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  • Friday, 05 Sep 2025

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Susan Fenton)

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