Pakistan's meteorological institute states on Twitter that the earthquake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the quake is said to have been in the Hindukush mountain range near the Badakhshan region of Afghanistan.
According to Björn Lund, senior lecturer in seismology at Uppsala University, the earthquake has occurred at "a greater depth".
"Even if it's shaking, there shouldn't be any strong shaking," he says.
"In this particular area, you get some very deep earthquakes, but it doesn't really affect people.
Quakes in Kabul and Islamabad
Reuters and the AP report that residents of both Afghanistan's capital Kabul and Pakistan's capital Islamabad reportedly felt powerful quakes. The ground has also shaken as far away as India's capital, New Delhi, according to Reuters.
According to initial reports from the country's authorities, three people are said to have died and 150 were injured. One of the dead is reported to be a 13-year-old girl who allegedly died after a wall in her home collapsed, Reuters reports.