An <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/earthquake-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">earthquake</a> of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted parts of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/women-in-afghanistan-banned-from-participating-in-eid-celebrations-23282474" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Afghanistan</a> on Monday.
According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake struck at a depth of 173 kilometres.
"Earthquake of Magnitude:4.8, Occurred on 28-08-2023, 10:05:08 IST, Lat: 36.41 &amp; Long: 70.44, Depth: 173 Km, Location: Afghanistan," NCS said on `X`, formerly known as Twitter.
Earlier a week ago, on August 18, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 jolted areas 423 kilometres west of Afghanistan`s Kabul. The earthquake occurred at 9:16 pm (IST) on Friday.
"Earthquake of Magnitude:4.5, Occurred on 18-08-2023, 21:16:05 IST, Lat: 33.92 &amp; Long: 64.67, Depth: 100 Km, Location: 423km W of Kabul, Afghanistan," NCS had said on `X`.
(with inputs from PTI)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted parts of Afghanistan on Monday

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