Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan

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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said...

The quake was at a depth of 188 km (116.81 miles), EMSC said.. Mountainous Afghanistan and the larger region of South Asia along the Hindu Kush mountains, where the Indian tectonic plate collides with the Eurasian plate to the north, have long been vulnerable to devastating earthquakes..

Poor construction for homes, hospitals and other buildings put them at risk of collapse in earthquakes, while landslides remain common across the mountains of Afghanistan...

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