The death toll from the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the southeast of Afghanistan last night, on the border with Pakistan, is at least 250
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told the BBC, underlining that more than 150 were injured. the US Geophysical Institute (Usgs) the quake was recorded 44 km southwest of Khost, at a depth of 10 km.
The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center reports that the earthquake was felt in a radius of over 500 km, not only in Afghanistan and Pakistan but also in India.