Powerful quake shakes Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake has shaken remote areas of northeastern Afghanistan.

No damage or injuries have been reported.

The quake had its epicentre about 180 miles north of the Pakistani border city of Peshawar, in the Hindu Kush mountain range.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of six, rattled windows and shook buildings in Peshawar and in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad, according to Pakistan's meteorological centre in Peshawar.

It could also be felt in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, 120 miles to the southwest.