A new earthquake has hit western Afghanistan on Sunday - several days after two large tremors in the region killed more than 1,000 people, reports BBC.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) says the magnitude 6.3 quake struck near the city of Herat. It was at a depth of 6.3km (four miles).
So far there have been no reports of any casualties.
According to the UN's children agency Unicef, more than 90 per cent of those who died in the earlier quakes were women and children, the said.
In its report, the USGS said the epicenter of the latest tremor was 30km north-west of Herat, Afghanistan's third-largest city close to the Iranian border.
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
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