India’s National Center for Seismology (NCS) recorded on Tuesday five consecutive earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 2.7 to 6.2 with epicenters in India and Nepal, where some property damage was reported.

The third, largest, occurred at 14:51 local time (09:21 GMT) at a depth of five kilometers from epicenter in western NepalAccording to NKS.

Another earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 at a depth of ten kilometers was recorded half an hour ago in the same place, and two others with a magnitude of 4.3 and 3.0 were recorded in the northern Indian states Uttarakhand and Assamaccordingly, the Indian agency said.

The NCS also recorded another earthquake at 16:29 local time (10:59 GMT) with a magnitude of 4.7 at a depth of 10 kilometers in the city of Faizabad in western Afghanistan.

However, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that only two almost simultaneous earthquakes of magnitude 4.9 and 5.7. with its epicenter in the Nepalese city of Dipayal Silgadhi in western Nepal.

Tremors were felt in cities such as New Delhi or Kathmandu, and damage to some houses was reported in some Nepalese cities. Authorities There have been no reports of deaths at this time.

Nepal and Afghanistan They are among the most disaster-prone countries and have highly vulnerable populations, mostly poor, and lack sufficient infrastructure to deal with floods and earthquakes.

According to the Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP), an alliance created to coordinate emergency response among Asian countries, Kathmandu is the capital of the country most at risk earthquakes among 21 megacities of the world.

On April 25, 2015, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred in Nepal, destroying multi-story buildings in Kathmandu and causing landslides and avalanches in the mountains. Almost 9,000 people died. and more than 22,000 were injured.

The disaster also left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and caused damage estimated at almost 6.47 billion euros. More than seven years have passed since the earthquake. reconstruction work has not been completedpartially slowed by the effects of the pandemic.

Afghanistan also suffered one of its largest earthquakes in 1998 in the north of the country, when two earthquakes measuring magnitude 5.9 and magnitude 6 struck in February. They caused the death of about 4,000 people. A few months later, in late May, another magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the area again and killed an estimated 5,000 people.

EFE