A strong earthquake struck northern Afghanistan late Sunday at a magnitude of 6.3, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake hit about 13 miles west-southwest of Khulm, which is about 230 miles northwest of the capital city of Kabul.

Afghanistan's Taliban government says a powerful earthquake in the country's north has killed at least 20 people and left hundreds injured.

Afghanistan was struck by a second earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude on Monday. At least seven people reportedly died in the tragic quake, while over a hundred others were injured.

At least 27 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan at around 1 am local time on Monday (2030GMT Sunday), officials said.

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing more than a dozen people, injuring hundreds and damaging one the country’s most beautiful mosques.

MINSK, 3 September (BelTA) – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Tajikistan Viktor Denisenko took part in a ceremony to hand over humanitarian aid to citizens affected by earthquakes in the Rasht and Tojikobod districts, BelTA ...

Hemmed in by rugged mountains, Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause the most fatalities, killing about 560 people on average each year and causing annual damages estimated at $80 million. Studies indicate at least 355 earthquakes with a magnitude higher than 5.0 have hit Afghanistan since 1990.