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Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolts Afghanistan

According to NCS, the earthquake in Afghanistan occurred at 6:11 am (IST) today at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The quake, which occurred at 11.35 a.m, hit at a depth of 10 km, about 22 km northeast of Dalupiri, an island village in Calayan town,

The largest earthquake to ever hit the country of North Africa resulted in at least 2,122 fatalities and more than 2,400 injuries,

The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night has surpassed 2,000, according to country's interior ministry.

The quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Morocco's High Atlas mountain range on Friday at 11:11 p.m. local time at a depth of 18.5 km.

The depth of the earthquake was 181 Kms and its coordinates were latitude 36.38 degrees north and longitude 70.77 degrees east.

The institute said the tectonic quake could trigger aftershocks and cause damage.

Still, no one got trapped, said Hitachi Building Systems Co., a major building facilities management company, as per Kyodo News. Several elevators...