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Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 strikes Afghanistan amid repeated shocks in country
The Daily Guardian
|August 18, 2025
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Afghanistan, noted that the country remains highly vulnerable to natural disasters.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 rocked Afghanistan late on Saturday night, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said in a statement.
As per the NCS, the earthquake took place at a shallow depth of 10km, making it susceptible to aftershocks.
In a post on X, the NCS said, "EQ of M: 4.9, On: 16/08/2025 23:05:03 IST, Lat: 36.83 N, Long: 71.01 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Afghanistan."
Earlier on August 13, another earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck the region at a depth of 10km.
This story is from the August 18, 2025 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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