1st LD Writethru: Earthquake jolts Kabul and its vicinity

KABUL, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A relatively strong earthquake struck Afghan capital Kabul and its vicinity at 10:04 a.m. local time on Friday.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush mountain region in northern Afghanistan, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.

No reports of casualties have been recorded so far.

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