The magnitude 6.3 quake, followed by eight aftershocks, struck in Herat, about 30 kilometers to the northwest of the province’s capital.At least 2,053 people were killed and 9,240 injured as a result of this calamity.
The magnitude 6.3 quake, followed by eight aftershocks, struck in Herat, about 30 kilometers to the northwest of the province’s capital.At least 2,053 people were killed and 9,240 injured as a result of this calamity. Also, over 1,300 homes were wrecked by the tremors.This gallery compiled by Sputnik offers you a glimpse of the situation in the affected areas of Afghanistan.
Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in western Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It's one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.
Afghan men search for victims after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district.
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