5.5-Magnitude Quake Strikes Hindu Kush, Felt Across Region

A magnitude 5.2 to 5.5 earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region late Sunday, with tremors felt in Kabul and other Afghan provinces, as well as parts of Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Punjab and Tajikistan. Seismic agencies placed the epicenter in the Hindu Kush, at a depth of roughly 100 to 129 kilometers; preliminary magnitude readings were later revised by some monitors. No casualties or significant damage had been reported in the affected areas in initial accounts.