At least twelve dead and hundreds injured as a result of the earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan

MADRID, 22 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

At least twelve people have died after an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale, which was felt this Tuesday in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

In Pakistan, the authorities of the Provincial Disaster Management Directorate in Khyber Pakhtunjuá have confirmed the death of nine people, including five men, two women and two children, according to the Pakistani network 'Geo TV'.

In addition, there are more than 160 injured and 19 houses destroyed, the Pakistani Provincial Directorate has reported.

In the province of Badakhshan, in the northeast of Afghanistan and the epicenter of the earthquake, at least three people have died and 44 have been injured, as confirmed by a spokesman for the Ministry of Health to 'Khaama Press', adding that they expect the number of casualties increase as the rescue work progresses.

Most of the victims, the aforementioned newspaper has reported, have been injured when the roofs of their homes fell.

The tremors have also been felt in northern India, in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir or Punjab, although for the moment the authorities have not confirmed victims, as reported by the newspaper 'The Hindustan Times'.