Afghanistan has been hit by another earthquake a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people.
The US Geological Survey said the quake was registered at 6.3 on the richter scale and was pinpointed to about 21 miles outside Herat, western Afghanistan.
There were no immediate official reports of possible casualties or damage.
The earthquakes on October 7 flattened whole villages in Herat in one of the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history.
More than 90 per cent of the people killed a week ago were women and children, UN officials reported Thursday.
Taliban officials said the earlier quakes killed more than 2,000 people across the province and destroyed up to 20 villages.
The epicentre was in Zenda Jan district, where 1,294 people died, 1,688 were injured and every home was destroyed, according to UN figures.
The initial quake, numerous aftershocks and a second 6.3-magnitude quake on Wednesday flattened villages, destroying hundreds of mud-brick homes that could not withstand such force.
Schools, health clinics and other village facilities also collapsed.
