Earthquake hits Afghanistan

Published: 7:52PM Thursday April 09, 2009 Source: Reuters

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An earthquake shook the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, witnesses and officials said.

Officials at the government's anti-disaster management department said they were checking for damage and casualties but had no details on the size or epicentre of the quake.

Earthquakes in Afghanistan are mainly concentrated in the northeast, which is hit by an average of four quakes with a magnitude of five or more each year, according to the US Geological Survey.

Mountainous Afghanistan has suffered a series of earthquakes that have killed thousands of people in the past decade.

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