An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology informed. Earthquake in Afghanistan: Quake of Magnitude 4.7 on Richter Scale Jolts Country.
Afghanistan experienced a magnitude 4.3 earthquake, the fourth in quick succession, following a strong earthquake that claimed over 4,000 lives in the Herat province. The recent earthquake occurred at a depth of 150 kms. The Taliban-led Ministry of Disaster Management reported that 1,983 residential houses were destroyed in 20 villages in Herat. The exact number of deaths and injuries is yet to be determined.
Families in western Afghanistan, who have lost everything to a series of devastating earthquakes, need urgent assistance to withstand the harsh winter, the UN relief wing reported on Friday. Temperatures have already started to drop into single figures. .
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, wracking the same region where more than 1,000 people were killed in tremors last week.