New Delhi: Earthquake tremors were felt in some parts of Afghanistan on Monday morning. There is no information about any casualty or damage to property due to the immediate earthquake. According to the National Earthquake Center, the tremor was felt at 6.47 am, whose an intensity was 4.3. This earthquake occurred 100 km southeast of Faizabad, Afghanistan. This is the second earthquake in the country within a month.
According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), earlier on January 22, an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred 79 km southeast of Faizabad, Afghanistan, at 9.04 am local time on Sunday morning. At the same time last year, more than 1,100 people died in a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. Paktika Province was the most affected, and approximately 4,500 homes were completely razed to the ground. Let us tell you that these days earthquake tremors are being felt continuously in many countries of the world. More than 34000 people died in Turkey-Syria due to the devastating storm that came on last Monday.
At the same time, earthquakes have been happening continuously in many states of India for the last few days. Tremors were also felt in Sikkim today itself. There was an earthquake in Assam on last Sunday. Apart from this, the earth shook due to the earthquake in Kutch city of Gujarat.
