Natural Disasters

6.6 magnitude quake strikes Afghanistan

Temblor a 'deep' one in seismic parlance; tremors felt in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Delhi

 
By Jigyasa Watwani
Published: Sunday 10 April 2016
The rugged Hindu Kush range, which spreads in an arc across Afghanistan, is a very seismically-sensitive area Credit: Wikipedia

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