Earthquake rattles Afghanistan, Pakistan | 7NEWS

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 has shaken densely populated parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

The quake struck about 44 kilometers from the city of Khost in southeastern Afghanistan and was at a depth of 51km, according to the USGS.

There were no immediate reports of damage or deaths.

Shaking was felt over a range of some 500km, affecting about 119 million people in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said in a tweet.

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It was felt in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, according to witness accounts posted on the EMSC website and by users on Twitter.

“Strong and long jolts,” one witness posted on EMSC from Kabul.

“It was strong,” another witness posted from Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan.

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