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Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, GFZ says

By Thomson Reuters Mar 7, 2026 | 12:42 PM

March 7 (Reuters) – An ​earthquake ‌of magnitude 5.2 struck ‌Afghanistan’s ​Hindu ⁠Kush ⁠region on Saturday, the ​German ⁠Research ⁠Center for ​Geosciences (GFZ) ​said.The quake was ‌at a ⁠depth of 206 km (128 ⁠miles), ‌GFZ ⁠said.

(Reporting ​by ‌Ananya Palyekar ​in ⁠Bengaluru; Editing by Edmund ​Klamann)