Relatively intense earthquake shook parts of Afghanistan

A relatively strong earthquake shook parts of Afghanistan around 9:20 last night (Tuesday).

The United States Seismological Center said the intensity of this earthquake was 6.5 Richter and its center was in the northeast of Afghanistan.

This earthquake was felt more strongly in Pakistan and in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, China and Kyrgyzstan in a milder way.

After the earthquake, the Ministry of Interior of the Taliban has issued a notice to the local officials in all the provinces of Afghanistan to be ready to deal with the victims of this earthquake with the facilities they have.

So far, no details have been provided about the possible damages and casualties of this earthquake.