{"id":15861,"date":"2023-10-11T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=15861"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:29:25","slug":"another-powerful-earthquake-hits-herat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2023\/10\/another-powerful-earthquake-hits-herat\/","title":{"rendered":"Another powerful earthquake hits Herat"},"content":{"rendered":"

HERAT (SW) – Another strong earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning\u00a0after an earlier one killed more than 2,000 people<\/span>\u00a0and flattened whole villages in Herat province in what was one of the most destructive quakes in the country\u2019s recent history.<\/p>\n

The magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Wednesday was about 28 kilometers (17 miles) outside Herat, the provincial capital, and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, reported AP. It triggered a landslide that blocked the main Herat-Torghondi highway, Information Ministry spokesman Abdul Wahid Rayan said.<\/p>\n

The aid group Doctors Without Borders said the Herat regional hospital received 117 injured from Wednesday\u2019s temblor. The group, also known by its French acronym MSF, said it sent additional medical supplies to the hospital and was setting up four more medical tents at the facility.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday\u2019s quake also flattened all 700 homes in Chahak village, which was untouched by the tremors of previous days. Now there are mounds of soil where dwellings used to be. But no deaths have been reported so far in Chahak because people have taken shelter in tents this week, fearing for their lives as tremors continue to rock Herat.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Villagers are distraught over the loss of their homes and livestock, often their only possessions, and worry about the coming harsh winter months. Some said they had never seen an earthquake before and wondered when the shaking of the ground would stop.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Zinda Jan was the worst-affected area, with more than 1,300 people killed and nearly 500 people still reported missing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He said U.N. satellite imagery also indicated extreme levels of destruction in the district of Injil.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur humanitarian colleagues warn that children are particularly vulnerable and have suffered severe psychological distress from the earthquake,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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