At least 50 people were injured after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Wednesday, where rescue teams were deployed after Saturday’s devastating earthquakes, which left more than 2,400 dead.
“About 50 people were injured in the earthquake today in different parts of the city” in Herat, said a doctor from Herat Regional Hospital, who preferred not to be named, aboard one of the emergency ambulances. to travel to the city. for the victims.
The earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.3 and a depth of 10 kilometers, was recorded 28 kilometers northwest of the province of Afghanistan at 05:41 local time, 00:41 GMT, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The earthquake was followed by two other magnitudes 5.0 and 4.1 with very close epicenters, each about 20 minutes apart, according to the same source. “Herat was shaken again by a strong earthquake, ambulances in Herat are patrolling the city of Herat to take possible injured people to health centers,” said the deputy director general of the National Radio and Afghanistan television under Taliban control, Hedayatullah Hedayat.
The residents of the city immediately left their homes in the residential areas to stay on the streets due to the fear of another disaster like last week.
This new earthquake occurred after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that shook western Afghanistan on Saturday, mainly affecting the district of Zindah Jan, located in the homonymous province of Herat, where authorities have now confirmed the 2,400 killed and more than 2,000 injured.
An estimated 12,110 people, including 1,730 families, were affected by the earthquake in five districts of Herat province, where the tremors occurred, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday in a letter
The Taliban government estimated that about 4,500 were killed or injured in the earthquake, but “it is difficult to determine the exact number of dead and injured,” Taliban Disaster Management Ministry spokesman Mullah Mullah said on Monday. Janan Sayeq. The new earthquake occurred amid the destruction of the area where 20 barangays were destroyed.
