An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck Afghanistan on Monday morning — with authorities warning that “significant casualties” were likely. The powerful tremors were felt mere hours after another smaller quake struck the Hindu Kush region and left it susceptible to aftershocks. The US Geological Survey has since issued an orange alert for the region and signaled the possibility of a widespread disaster.

“Significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. Past events with this alert level have required a regional or national level response,” USGS warned through its PAGER system for predicting economic and human loss after earthquakes.

The tremors came mere weeks after a devastating earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border on

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