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Afghanistan rocked by another 6.2 earthquake, four days after strong tremors kill 2,200
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, on Thursday.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.
This comes four days after another earthquake of magnitude 6 unleashed widespread damage and destruction in the provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar, when it struck at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The previous earthquake, which struck Afghanistan late Sunday (11:40 pm local time) killed at least 2,200 people so far as the rescue operations continue.
Rescue workers on Thursday recovered bodies from the rubble of homes destroyed by Afghanistan’s earthquakes, as the confirmed death toll rose above 2,200. Homeless survivors faced an uncertain future, with international aid agencies warning that resources were running low.
Search operations continued in the quake-hit mountainous eastern regions, the Taliban administration said, confirming a new death toll of 2,205 and at least 3,640 people injured.
The initial earthquake, a magnitude 6 tremor and one of Afghanistan’s deadliest in recent years, struck on Sunday at a shallow depth of 10 km (six miles), causing widespread devastation in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces.
A second quake of magnitude 5.5 on Tuesday sparked panic, disrupted rescue operations, triggered landslides, and cut off access to remote mountain villages.
Authorities reported that more than 6,700 homes had been destroyed. The United Nations warned that the toll could rise further, with people still trapped beneath debris as time runs out for survivors.
