KABUL, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush mountain region in northeast of Afghanistan on Thursday night.

    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake measured magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale and the epicenter is 68 kilometers far from Feyzabad, capital of Badakhshan province and 261 kilometers from Afghan capital Kabul. The quake was strongly felt in Kabul.

    One week ago, a 6.2-magnitude quake hit the same area but did not cause serious casualties.

    Hindu Kush mountain, along the Afghanistan and Pakistan border, is prone to earthquakes. In 1998, a 6.9-magnitude quake in the area caused mud slides and flooding, killing more than 5,000 people. Another quake left some 1,000 dead in northeast Afghanistan in 2002.