Earthquake measuring 6.6 hits Afghan-Pak border
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale hit the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region on Sunday, with tremors felt in parts of northern India. The epicentre was 248 kilometres north of Peshawar in Ishkashim in the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan. Tremors were felt in northern India including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Delhi. There was no immediate report of casualties.