Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, March 27: An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale hit 25 kilometres South of the Farkhar district of Takhar province in Afghanistan on Monday,
As per the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at 04:53:29 (UTC+05:30) at a depth of 124.1 Km. The epicentre was detected at 36.345°N and 69.912°E respectively. However, no casualty or damage to property has been reported so far.
Earlier on Sunday, an earthquake of a magnitude of 4.2 struck Bikaner, Rajasthan. The earthquake was 8 km in depth and struck at roughly 2:16 am.
On March 21, a powerful earthquake of 6.8 magnitudes on Tuesday last week shook Afghanistan and the neighbouring countries.The earthquake’s epicentre was 40 Km to the south-Southeast of Jurm district in Afghanistan’s Hindukush Mountain in Badakhshan province, bordering Pakistan and Tajikistan.
Several houses have been destroyed due to the disaster in the crisis-hit country of Afghanistan and serious financial and human losses were reported.
