Aljazeera – An earthquake shook some buildings in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday, witnesses said. Friday’s magnitude 6.1 quake was centered in the mountainous Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, at a depth of 210km (130 miles), the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Officials in the Afghan capital, Kabul, said they were assessing damage in areas around the sparsely populated epicenter.
In Pakistan, tremors shook furniture and power cable poles. Waseem Ahmad, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority in Islamabad, estimated the quake to be about 6.4 magnitude. “I was with my kids at a badminton court when we felt strong jolts,” Nusrat Jabeen told Reuters news agency in Pakistan’s capital. “It was very scary. We felt everything was shaking. We ran out for safety.” READ MORE
