6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in North India

The epicentre for the quake, which struck at 2.50 pm IST, was 241 kilometres northeast of Kabul, in the Hindu Kush mountain range of Afghanistan, according to the National Centre for Seismology.

It was the third major earthquake to strike Afghanistan in three months.

Meanwhile, tremors were felt in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, and in the major cities of Lahore, Peshawar and Muzaffarabad.

Sahibi Bibi, a woman who lives on the outskirts of Islamabad told the Associated Press that she was preparing for prayers when she suddenly felt the ground shaking. “We quickly came out of our home and we saw some other people also standing outside their houses,” she said.

“I knew that it should not be less than magnitude 6 when I felt the earthquake as we have felt strong earthquakes in the past,” Mohammad Khan, a resident of Peshawar in Afghanistan told AP.

According to authorities, no damage to property has been reported so far.