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- According to a report, almost 2,500 people have died after several strong earthquakes in Afghanistan on Saturday.
- More than 2,000 other people were injured in the border province of Herat, the Afghan broadcaster Tolonews reported, citing official statistics.
- The US Earthquake Monitoring Service (USGS) estimated the magnitude of at least eight quakes to be between 4.6 and 6.3.
It is feared that the number of victims will continue to rise. The Reuters news agency, citing the Ministry of Civil Protection, previously reported over 9,000 injured and more than 1,000 houses destroyed. Meanwhile, the search for survivors continues.
According to authorities, 13 villages have been largely destroyed. Meanwhile, helpers are looking for possible survivors under the rubble, a spokesman for the national disaster control agency in Kabul said.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a total of around 4,200 people were affected by the earthquake disaster. Medical circles said that a good 200 dead and around 700 injured were brought to the largest hospital in the provincial capital Herat alone.
On Saturday morning, at least eight earthquakes shook the border region near Iran within a short period of time. The US Earthquake Observatory USGS put the magnitude at values between 4.6 and 6.3. The tremors occurred northwest of the Afghan border town of Herat, at a shallow depth of around ten kilometers.
There are frequent severe earthquakes in the region where the Arabian, Indian and Eurasian plates meet. More than 1,000 people have already died in a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan in 2022. After several decades of conflict, many houses are poorly built. Earthquakes therefore often cause major damage.
SRF 4 News, October 7th, 2023, 6:00 p.m.; dpa/reu/sibl/hesa;flal
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