A powerful earthquake of 6.8 magnitude has struck parts of Pakistan and the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border in the Hindukush region, killing two persons and injuring 4.
The quake struck at 3.58 pm and went on for several minutes. Its epicentre lay 39 km from Ashkasham and 282 km northeast of Kabul, in Afghanistan.
The impact was the strongest across a 200 km area, according to data from European Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
In Pakistan, two persons have died and four have been injured. Radio Pakistan reported that strong tremors were felt across Peshawar, Chitral, Swat, Gilgit, Faisalabad and Lahore.
Panic broke out on Sunday at around 4 PM as strong tremors were felt in Delhi, NCR.
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