The Afghanistan earthquake was so forceful that tremors reached Donegal on Sunday.

The 6.0 magnitude quake struck the eastern part of Afghanistan on Sunday night, killing more than 800 people as the hunt for survivors continues.

A citizen's seismometer in Corraine near Ballybofey also felt the shake, more than 6,000km away from the epicentre.

The Raspberry Shake seismometers are part of QuakeShake, a citizen seismology programme run by DIAS and co-funded by Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) and supported by Research Ireland to engage Irish society to contribute to the observation and study of earthquakes in Ireland.

According to the Irish National Seismic Network, The Hindu Kush and surrounding areas are seismically active due to the ongoing northward motion of the Indian Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate, a process responsible for the uplift of the Himalayan mountain range. Earthquakes in this region often originate at considerable depth, sometimes several hundred kilometres beneath the surface. A shallow event such as this one is less common and can result in stronger shaking and a higher intensity at the surface.