KABUL (AFP) – At least 12 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres (km), but the region appeared on Wednesday to have dodged mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale.
The United States Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.5 quake was centred near Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan, but the depth of 187 km mitigated extensive damage.
More details in Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin.
