A TV news anchor in Kabul had to leave his desk when the tremors struck:

Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority has warned of aftershocks over the next 24 hours, and the country’s armed forces have already been mobilized. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has pledged to help Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Landslides have also been reported in parts of Pakistan. Images and details from remote areas there and in Afghanistan are beginning to emerge.

Just over a decade ago, parts of northern Pakistan and the disputed Kashmir region were hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. That quake, on Oct. 8, 2005, killed an estimated 86,000 people, injured 69,000, and damaged thousands of buildings across the region. That quake was, however, more shallow than the one that struck today: its epicenter was less than 20 miles underground; the epicenter of today’s quake was close to 130 miles (210 km) deep.

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