A powerful earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. It comes months after thousands of people died in deadly quakes in the country's east.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near one of Afghanistan's largest cities Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake hit at a depth of 28km in Kholm, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck near one of northern Afghanistan’s largest cities, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

Given the timing of the earthquake, which struck at at 1 am local time, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) warned that it could be deadly.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan overnight Sunday into Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, two months after a tremor in the impoverished nation’s east killed over 2,200 ...

The earthquake comes two months after the deadliest quake in recent Afghan history, which killed thousands of people.

It is unclear how many people have died following an earthquake in northern Afghanistan, two months after a tremor killed ...

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, sending tremors ...

An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.