Factbox-Earthquakes have frequently rattled Afghanistan, Pakistan in recent years

(Reuters) -More than 600 people are dead and over 1,500 injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the rugged eastern region of Afghanistan, the region’s latest instance of increased seismic activity.

Here are previous such disasters of recent years in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region which lies at the intersection of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

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** A magnitude 5.6 quake hit Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on August 27.

** A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit Afghanistan’s…