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Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 strikes Afghanistan
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km. The latitude of the earthquake site was 36.23 North, and the longitude was 70.33 East.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.0 strikes Afghanistan
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100km.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 strikes Afghanistan
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck Afghanistan early Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology reported. The quake occurred at a depth of 150 km, with coordinates 36.39°N and 70.88°E, according to details posted by the agency on X.
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4.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Afghanistan in the early hours of Thursday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology.
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Pakistan: Earthquake of 4.7 magnitude jolts Peshawar
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Peshawar on Wednesday, with its epicentre in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, Geo News reported. The quake was felt across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. No damage was reported.
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Afghanistan jolted by two back to back earthquakes
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.2 and 4.5 hit Afghanistan in the early hours of Saturday.
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Glacier exploitation threatens Pakistan's ecological future
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan boasts over 7,000 glaciers, forming the largest mass of ice outside the polar regions. Northern Pakistan, crisscrossed by the Karakoram, Himalayan, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges, is a landscape shaped by ice and rock.
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"The roof of the world is melting": ADB launches initiative to safeguard
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to ADB, this move comes as the region faces accelerated warming, with projections indicating that 75 per cent of glaciers in Bhutan and Nepal could melt by the end of the century if global temperatures rise by 3°C.
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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter Scale hit Afghanistan's Fayzabad on Sunday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported.
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Earthquake of 5.8 magnitude strikes Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"Earthquake of Magnitude:5.8, Occurred on 05-08-2023, 21:31:48 IST, Lat: 36.38 & Long: 70.77, Depth: 181 Km, Location: Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan," the NCS tweeted.
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Climate change, rain-induced floods affect tourism in Pakistan's Swat Vall
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The weather patterns and recent rain spells indicate that climate change is among the major challenges the tourism sector will have to adapt to. Swat, Dir and Chitral are three districts particularly vulnerable to climate change. Nestled in the Hindu Kush mountain range, these areas are regu
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At least 3 killed, 44 injured in Afghanistan earthquake
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The death toll stands at three after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 jolted Afghanistan on Tuesday, Khaama Press reported citing the Taliban-led Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan.
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