A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Sunday, killing nine people and injuring at least 25, Reuters reported.

The tremor, recorded at a shallow depth of about 10 kilometers, shook the region early in the day, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences. Emergency teams were dispatched as hospitals in Nangarhar treated the wounded.

Afghanistan, prone to frequent quakes due to its location in a seismically active zone, has suffered devastating tremors in recent years, raising concerns over the vulnerability of its communities and infrastructure, according to Reuters.