The temblor happened at 12:59 a.m. Afghanistan time about 14 miles southwest of Khulm, Afghanistan, data from the agency shows.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near one of Afghanistan's largest cities Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.

Haji Zaid, a Taliban spokesman in Balkh province wrote earlier on X that "many people are injured" in the Sholgara district, south of Mazar-e- Sharif.