N early two dozen earthquakes have struck off the coast of Russia, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the last 24 hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The temblors were measured from 4.3 to 6.1 magnitude, the latter considered a strong earthquake that could inflict damage on populated areas.

Hemmed in by rugged mountains, Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause the most fatalities, killing about 560 people on average each year and causing annual damages estimated at $80 million. Studies indicate at least 355 earthquakes with a magnitude higher than 5.0 have hit Afghanistan since 1990.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake and strong aftershocks killed more than 2,

First quakes are the most dangerous: Once a healed fault ruptures for the first time, it cannot generate another major earthquake on human timescales. Subsequent events on nearby fault segments carry sharply reduced stress and smaller magnitudes.

Around 1,000 people registered online that they felt the earthquake, according to the Maryland Geological Survey. Seismometers picked up the quake, with activity happening five miles below the Earth's surface,

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