Nine Killed After 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes South-Eastern Afghanistan

Nine people have been killed and 25 others were injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck Southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday.

According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles).

The quake’s epicentre was 36 kilometres (22 miles) north of Basawul, Afghanistan, and it had a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck at 11:47 pm local time Sunday.