2023-10-15 09:41:01
Two new earthquakes consecutive, of magnitude 6.5 and 5.4, shook the west of Afghanistanin the same region which has registered several earthquakes since Saturday of last week in which more than a thousand people have died, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The governor of the province of HeratNisar Ahmad Elyas, reported that the earthquake this morning has caused at least one dead and 35 injured.
A first earthquake of magnitude 6.5 was recorded in the province of Herat around eight in the morning local time (5:30 Spanish time), at a depth of 6.3 kilometers and about 30 kilometers north of the capital, according to the USGS. Just half an hour later, a second 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit the province again about 10 kilometers north of the city of Herat.
This Afghan region was shaken last Saturday by several earthquakes of up to 6.3 magnitude, and successive aftershocks of considerable intensity left about 20 villages destroyed. Although the interim Taliban government initially estimated more than 2,400 dead and 2,000 injured, the Ministry of Disaster Management this week lowered the death toll to around 1,000.
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More than 90% of those killed in the earthquakes were women and children, Unicef reported Wednesday. The United Nations said more than 12,000 people had been affected by the emergency.
Afghanistan is already suffering a serious humanitarian crisis, with the widespread withdrawal of foreign aid following the return of the Taliban to power in 2021. The weak structure of the de facto Government of the taliban It has been one of the reasons that has complicated the rescue tasks and distribution of humanitarian aid, with many residents of Herat camped outdoors for fear of new aftershocks and with limited access to sources of running water or food.
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