Second earthquake to strike Afghanistan in a few days
Days after two significant earthquakes in the same area claimed more than 1,000 lives, another earthquake struck western Afghanistan.
The latest earthquake, measuring 6.3 in magnitude, occurred on Wednesday at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT), some 28 kilometers (17 miles) north of the city of Herat.
Health officials reported that over 100 people were hurt and taken to the hospital.
Many people were sleeping outside after their homes were demolished on Saturday, while the full extent of the damage is still unknown.
According to humanitarian organizations, there is also a shortage of food, blankets, and other necessities.
She woke up screaming and fled her home, according to an eyewitness in center Herat, where some houses still stand.
“I was in the deepest sleep because I hadn’t slept in the days before,” she stated to the BBC.
She remarked, “I have never felt so close to death,” and added that she had run barefoot to the city’s outskirts, where many people have been camped out since the initial earthquake.
The tremor on Saturday morning struck Zindajan, a rural area 40 kilometers from Herat.
Images from the communities show entire houses crushed to rubble because they were too frail to endure the shocks.
Due to its proximity to the meeting point of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, Afghanistan experiences earthquakes often, particularly in the Hindu Kush mountain region.
