Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Hindu Kush in Afghanistan – EMSC

(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Friday.

The quake, revised down from a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, was at a depth of 209 km (130 miles), the centre said.

(Reporting by Shivam Patel in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)

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