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The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported new earthquake of magnitude 6.3 in Herat, Afghanistanafter more than 2,400 deaths were reported on Saturday due to a string of earthquakes.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported new earthquake of magnitude 6.3 in Herat, Afghanistanafter more than 2,400 deaths were reported on Saturday due to a string of earthquakes.
The earthquake was recorded at 05:10 local time (02:40 Spanish peninsular time) at a depth of 10 kilometers. Subsequently there was a feeling Replica of the 5th magnitude.
The earthquake was followed by two more of magnitude 5.0 and 4.1 with very close epicenters.
More 12 thousand people were injured, 20 cities were completely destroyed. magnitude 6.3 earthquake and aftershocks that hit western Afghanistan last Saturday, leaving more than 2,400 dead and more than 2,000 woundedAccording to humanitarian organizations and government.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) estimates that the earthquake affected 12,110 people, including 1,730 families, in the five districts of Herat province where the earthquakes occurred.
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In the worst-hit district of Zindah Jan, the epicenter of the earthquakes, OCHA estimates that 1,350 families suffered total losses, followed by 150 families in Injil, 95 in Gulran, 60 in Hosan and 30 in Robat-e-Sangai, all located in Herat Governorate .
In Zindakh-Yan, 100% of the houses were completely destroyed and 485 people are still wanted, of which 294 are women.added OCHA.
The Taliban government estimates that about 4,500 people were killed or injured in the earthquake, but “it is difficult to determine the exact number of dead and injured,” Mullah Janan Sayek, a spokesman for the Taliban government’s disaster management ministry, said yesterday.
Until the last balance presented yesterday, the death toll exceeded 2,400.
Additionally, “20 villages have been completely destroyed and all people need assistance with food, non-food supplies and shelter,” according to the spokesman.
At least seven aftershocks occurred in Afghanistan on Saturday. The first of them, the largest, occurred at 12:11 (+5:30 GMT) at a depth of 14 kilometers and 33 kilometers from Zindah Jan, located in Herat province, the US Geological Survey reports.
Three more earthquakes with magnitudes up to 5.1 The same region was felt yesterday during rescue operations.
According to the latest estimates by Afghan authorities, the number of killed and wounded Their number exceeds 4500.
This third largest earthquake since 1998 in Afghanistan and the worst tragedy the Taliban have faced since they took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, without access to the financial system and international reserves. (Europe Press and EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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