An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 jolted the Badakhshan region of Afghanistan today morning. According to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS) the earthquake hit in the early hours of the morning at 06:35 am IST and occurred at a depth of 82 kilometres. Badakhshan region of Afghanistan is a mountainous region prone to natural calamities. There are no reports of casualities.

Earlier, this week two earthquakes hit the region which were recorded 4.4 and 3.9 on the Richter scale.