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By: Real America News Updated 22 Jun 2022, two: 30 am EDT
A powerful earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, causing the deaths of hundreds of people according to initial reports.
Although the information was still somewhat scarce, BBC reported that the figure of at least 250 deaths will surely rise , according to local authorities, suspecting that there are more people under the rubble from the destroyed buildings.
The Meteorological Department of Pakistan, a neighboring country of Afghanistan and where the earthquake was also felt, indicated that the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.1. The epicenter was initially located about 06 kilometers from the city of Khost, in the east of the country.
The European seismological agency, EMSC, said the Afghanistan earthquake’s tremors were felt over 310 miles by 119 million people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.https://t.co/ 7QlC3AKgnt
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The The United States Geological Survey reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9, with a depth of 10 kilometres.
“Unfortunately, last night there was a severe earthquake in four districts of Paktika province, which killed and injured hundreds of our compatriots and destroyed dozens of houses,” said government spokesman Bilal Karimi, according to the BBC report.
Posts on social media showed severely damaged buildings in rural areas that are not densely populated and people are also seen helping the wounded by transferring them to military helicopters.
“At least 255 people died and others 500 were injured in an earthquake in Barmala, Ziruk, Naka and Gayan districts of Paktika province” , reported on Twitter the director of the Afghan state agency, Abdul Wahid Rayan, reported the EFE agency.
The European Seismological Agency said the earthquake was felt over a distance of up to 310 miles for about 119 millions of human beings in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
News in development.
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