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Afghanistan Earthquake: Strong earthquake tremors were felt in Afghanistan on Saturday (7 October). Giving information, the National Center for Seismology said that earthquake tremors were felt five times in Afghanistan within half an hour. The intensity of this earthquake was recorded at 6.3 on the Richter scale. At the same time, the epicenter of the earthquake was in the western region of Afghanistan.
After the earthquake, officials said that one person died due to the earthquake in western Afghanistan, along with dozens of people were injured. According to local reports, the earthquake caused landslides at many places and many buildings collapsed. In such a situation, the number of deaths may still increase. Due to fear of earthquake, people came out of their homes, many videos of which are going viral on social media.
Locals in panic due to five tremors
According to the report, after the earthquake of magnitude 6.3, five aftershocks of magnitude 5.5, 4.7, 6.3, 5.9 and 4.6 occurred respectively, due to which people went into panic. “We were in our offices and suddenly the building started shaking. The plaster on the walls started falling and there were cracks in the walls, some walls and parts of the building collapsed,” Herat resident Bashir Ahmed, 45, told AFP.
People are out on the streets of Herat city after a 6.10 Richter earthquake hit the region. #herat #earthquake #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/44MqBKoaM7
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Hundreds of people feared dead
Bashir Ahmed further said, “I am not able to contact my family, the network connection has been disconnected.” “I am very worried and scared, it was terrible.” A spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority told AFP that the death toll could rise as landslides also occurred in rural and mountainous areas. He said that at present we do not have correct information. The preliminary report of USGS says that there is a possibility of death of hundreds of people due to the severe earthquake.
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