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A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same ...
Some 2,000 people have perished after a powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan, the Taliban said Sunday, as the nation reels from another natural disaster at a time of deep economic crisis.
Afghans are still reeling from recent quakes, including the magnitude 6.5 earthquake in March that struck much of western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, and an earthquake that hit eastern ...
A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country's national disaster authority said.
This is a list of earthquakes in Afghanistan. Fairly moderate earthquakes have been very destructive in the country, particularly in the years 1998 , 2002 and 2023 . This can be blamed on the population residing in mostly informal and adobe houses, which are extremely vulnerable to earthquake shaking.
The fault plane solution indicate a rupture source striking east–west with a north or south dip. [11] [12] On October 28, a M ww 5.0 event hit the area, [13] followed by a mb 4.8 aftershock the next day. [14] According to seismologists, these earthquakes had epicenters between the Siakhubulak Fault in the north and Herat Fault in the south.
The earthquakes that struck on Saturday were followed by nearly 20 powerful aftershocks, with another 6.3-magnitude quake hitting the region on Wednesday
Bakhtar News Agency said there were at least 1,150 deaths and 1,600 wounded. [33] The United Nations (UN) cited a death toll of 1,039 and 2,949 people injured. [34] Among the casualties were 230 dead and 591 injured children. [35] It is the deadliest earthquake in Afghanistan since 2002, when over 1,200 people were killed in Baghlan Province.