At least 11 people were injured, and five were reported dead as the quake shook Paktika's Gayan District Friday morning, suggested Bakhtar News Agency.
The magnitude 6 quake has left thousands without shelter. State media reported that close to 3,000 homes were destroyed or badly damaged in Wednesday’s (June 22) earthquake.
The earthquake registered at a depth of 10 km, UN humanitarian agency United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
Afghanistan earthquake: Helicopters and rescue teams have arrived in Afghanistan's Paktika province which was struck by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake.
The epicentre, with a depth of 17 km, was monitored at 30.4 degrees north latitude and 102.9 degrees east longitude, the CENC said. Sichuan province suffered China's deadliest 7.9-magnitude earthquake in 2008 in which 90,000 people were killed.
The quake swayed some buildings in La Paz, the capital of neighbouring Bolivia, where people fled into the streets.
Earthquake tremors were felt at 6:08 am today in Haryana's Jhajjar
The Japan Meteorological Agency said there may be small swelling of the water but there was no danger of a tsunami.
The National Center for Seismology further said the earthquake occurred 186 km North of Alchi in Leh.
The same region was hit by another earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale a few days ago.
The region is part of an area devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years ago that caused nuclear reactor meltdowns, spewing massive radiation that still makes some parts uninhabitable.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck 60 kilometers (36 miles) below the sea.
The tremor struck at 7.05 pm and lasted for a few seconds, an official of the Meteorological department said.
In Indonesia, a magnitude-6.7 quake that was 16 kilometers deep struck about 169 kilometers west of Pariaman, a town in West Sumatra province, the US Geological Survey said.
The US Geological Survey said the earthquake measured 6.2 magnitude and struck about 66 km (41 miles) north-northwest of Bukittinggi, a hilly town in West Sumatra province. It struck about 12 km (7.4 miles) below the Earth's surface.
There were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property due to the earthquake.
There were no reports of any loss of life or damage to property due to the earthquake.
The earthquake occurred at around 5.03 am.
Jolts of earthquake were also felt in parts of north India today.
The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 9.45 am, was at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. Strong tremors were felt in Jammu and Kashmir.
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