On Friday, a massive earthquake hit the Hindu Kush mountainous region of Afghanistan. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck about 130 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Kabul, the United States Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Residents of Bamiyan and Wardak provinces, west of the capital, said they felt the tremors, AFP reported.
Earthquakes are common in Afghanistan, especially along the Hindu Kush mountain range, near where the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates meet.
Previous earthquakes in Afghanistan
In August 2025, a 6.0-magnitude shallow earthquake in the east of the country killed more than 2,200 people in destroyed mountain villages.
A few weeks later, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan killed at least 27 people.
Major earthquakes in 2023 in western Herat near the Iranian border and in 2022 in Nangarhar province killed hundreds and destroyed thousands of homes.
Poor communications networks and infrastructure in mountainous Afghanistan have hampered disaster responses in the past, preventing authorities from reaching remote villages for hours or even days before they could assess the extent of the damage, an AFP report said.