In the province of Balkh in the north of Afghanistan, an earthquake of magnitude took place 5.
According to the US Geological Service, the tremors were recorded at 15.50 local time.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km southwest of the city of Mazari-Sharif, the Balkh administrative center.
The hearth lay at a depth of 10 km. The shocks felt in the northern provinces of Afghanistan, as well as in neighboring Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
In October last year, in the province of Herat in the north-west of Afghanistan, a series of earthquakes of magnitude from 5 to 6.5 points occurred, as a result of which 2.5 thousand people were killed.