The US Geological Survey (USGS) announced the epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at 20:31 local time, as Curm district of Badakhshan province and its magnitude as 5.8.
Earthquakes occur frequently in Badahshan, located on the Hindu Kush Mountains in northeastern Afghanistan.
In June 2022, in Afghanistan, 1200 people lost their lives in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Paktika province on the Pakistani border. (AA)