Residents in several provinces of Afghanistan including the capital, Kabul, said that an earthquake shook their areas on Thursday.

According to the USGS, the earthquake hit at 13:50 (Afghanistan Time) with a 6.4 magnitude and its epicenter was 44 km SSW of Jurm district in the northern province of Badakshan in Afghanistan.

This comes as in October last year a heavy earthquake and aftershocks in Herat province killed over 2,500 and injured more than 2,000 and damaged thousands of homes either partially or completely.