Afghan males journey in auto rickshaws within the metropolis of Jalalabad on April 21, 2025. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse
KABUL — Two youngsters died when a constructing collapsed in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck japanese Afghanistan late Sunday, provincial officers and US seismologists stated.
The epicenter of the quake, which struck at a comparatively shallow depth of eight kilometers (six miles), was situated 27 kilometers east-northeast of the town of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, in accordance with the US Geological Survey.
The quake struck at 11:47 pm (1917 GMT), USGS stated.
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Two youngsters died when their dwelling’s roof caved in in the course of the shaking, in accordance with preliminary reviews from provincial authorities.
Not less than 15 different folks had been injured, officers stated in a press release.
The quake shook buildings from Kabul to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad round 370 kilometers away for a number of seconds, AFP journalists stated.
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Afghanistan is regularly hit by earthquakes, particularly within the Hindu Kush mountain vary, close to the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
Nangarhar province was additionally hit by flooding in a single day Friday to Saturday, which left 5 folks useless and destroyed crops and property, provincial authorities stated. /dl
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