A new 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Tuesday just days after a deadly tremor shook nearly the same location north of Herat over the weekend.
As relief started to trickle into the stricken areas on Monday, Afghan locals and volunteers joined hands to dig for survivors after a series of earthquakes that hit the country on Saturday killed.
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush Mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates
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