Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Third earthquake strikes Afghanistan as death toll rises above 2,200

Third earthquake strikes Afghanistan as death toll rises above 2,200

KABUL: Afghanistan has been hit by a third earthquake in less than a week, as the death toll from Sunday’s devastating quake continues to rise. The latest tremor — a magnitude 6.2 earthquake — struck the country’s south-eastern region on Thursday night, according to data from the Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Germany. The full … Read more

6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Iwate Prefecture

TOKYO: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on Wednesday struck off Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The quake occurred at around 2:46 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 40.0 degrees north and a longitude of 142.4 degrees east, and at depth of 50 km. The … Read more