According to United Nations (UN) estimates, more than a hundred people have been killed after several powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan. In addition, hundreds of houses have been destroyed, the UN emergency aid agency OCHA said on Saturday. Unconfirmed reports indicate the number of deaths could be closer to 320, the statement said.
On Saturday morning, at least eight earthquakes shook the border area near Iran in a short period of time. The American earthquake monitoring station USGS estimated the magnitude at values between 4.6 and 6.3. The tremors occurred in the morning northwest of the Afghan border city of Herat, at a shallow depth of about ten kilometers.
There were tremors in Iran
The earthquakes were also felt in neighboring Iran. Residents of Iran’s Mashhad metropolis, some 300 kilometers from the quake zone, said the walls of houses were shaking. According to Iranian state media, teams were sent to border areas to inspect possible damage. There were dozens of aftershocks.
Serious earthquakes occur again and again in the region where the Arabian, Indian and Eurasian plates meet. A devastating earthquake in Afghanistan in 2022 killed more than a thousand people. After decades of conflict, many houses are poorly built. Earthquakes often cause major damage.
Source: Krone
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