An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude has struck Afghanistan which is second in a row; one of 4.4 magnitude had hit Fayzabad in Afghanistan yesterday, on December 11, 2023.
New Delhi: Afghanistan has been jolted by an earthquake at 7:35 AM today, December 12, 2023 and its magnitude on the Richter Scale, as reported by the National Center for Seismology is 5.2. So far, there have been no reports of casualties and further updates are awaited. As mentioned by National Center for Seismology, on the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter), ‘Earthquake of Magnitude:5.2, Occurred on 12-12-2023, 07:35:44 IST, Lat: 36.33 & Long: 70.70, Depth: 120 Km ,Location: Afghanistan’. This is not the first earthquake to hit Afghanistan; there have been multiple in the last few months and one hit Fayzabad yesterday, December 11, 2023.
Afghanistan Hit By Two Earthquakes In Two Days
As mentioned earlier, Afghanistan has been hit by an earthquake of 5.2 Magnitude today at around 7:35 AM; no casualties have been reported till now and further reports are awaited. Before this, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan’s Fayzabad on Monday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred around 08:04:05 (IST) at a depth of 180 kilometres. The quake was located at 151 kilometres South-Southeast (SSE) of Fayzabad. “Earthquake of Magnitude:4.4, Occurred on 11-12-2023, 08:04:05 IST, Lat: 35.77 & Long: 70.91, Depth: 180 Km, Location: 151km SSE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan,” the NCS posted on X.