Another Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Jolts Western Afghanistan, Four Days after Temblor Took over 2,000 Lives – News18
A fresh earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Wednesday morning. (Image: Shutterstock)
Four days earlier a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Afghanistan’s killing more than 2,000 people.
Another earthquake, this time of 6.3 magnitude, struck western Afghanistan’s Herat province in the early hours of Wednesday morning, four days after the province was hit by a magnitude 6.3 quake and eight powerful aftershocks. Over 2,000 people died over the weekend.
According to the US Geological Survey and news agency AFP, the quake occurred at a shallow depth at around 05:10 am local time (00:40 GMT), with its epicentre about 29 kilometres north of the city of Herat.
(this is a developing story)
Discover more from Divya Bharat 🇮🇳
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
