Updated June 28 2026 - 1:33am, first published 1:28am
Updated June 28 2026 - 1:33am, first published 1:28am
The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority says it is checking reports of casualties. Photo: EPA PHOTO
A strong earthquake has struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre says, sending out tremors that could be felt from the capital Kabul across the border into neighbouring Pakistan.
People ran out of their doors in panic in Swat district in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resident Daniyal Ahmad told Reuters.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
"It was very huge here in Swat and it lasted for quite a long time," he said.
"People came out of their houses and women and children were seen crying in panic."
There were no immediate official reports of casualties or damage, but checks were ongoing, the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority said in a statement.
The magnitude 6 quake was at a depth of 100km, EMSC said.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck Pakistan earlier on Saturday, according to EMSC.
