At least eight individuals have been killed in a single day in an earthquake in north-eastern Afghanistan and the demise toll might rise, an official quoted by the state’s new company mentioned.
“Sunday night’s earthquake caused financial and human damage in Kunar province,” Mawlawi Najibullah Hanif, Kunar’s director of data and tradition and the governor’s spokesman, advised Bakhtar information company. The variety of casualties might enhance.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded a 5.3-magnitude earthquake close to the japanese Afghan metropolis of Jalalabad within the early hours of Monday morning.
Afghanistan remains to be grappling with a robust earthquake that killed greater than 1,000 individuals and devastated villages in japanese Afghanistan in June.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
