Afghanistan earthquake kills eight members of same family
The household’s only survivor was a young boy who was injured in the tremor.
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An Afghan man stands in front of his damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake at a village in the Khulm district of Samangan province. [AFP]
Survivors of a powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan are digging through the rubble of their homes after spending bitterly cold nights outdoors. [AFP]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 27 people and injured nearly 1,000, the Health Ministry said on November 4, announcing the end of rescue operations. [AFP]
The tremor also damaged historical sites, including Afghanistan’s famed Blue Mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which is one of Afghanistan’s most revered religious landmarks. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Afghan shopkeepers search the remains of their damaged shops along a highway, at Tang-e Tashkurgan in the Khulm district. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Afghan men check a damaged truck along a highway, following an earthquake at Tang-e Tashkurgan in the Khulm district of Samangan province. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Shopkeepers sit in front of their damaged shops in the Khulm district of Samangan province. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Impoverished Afghanistan often faces difficulty in responding to natural disasters, especially in remote regions. Buildings tend to be low-rise constructions, mostly of concrete and brick, with homes in rural and outlying areas made from mud bricks and wood, many poorly built. [AFP]
Trucks drive along a highway past a mountain range, in the aftermath of an earthquake at Tang-e Tashkurgan in Khulm district, Samangan province. [AFP]
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Earthquake survivors search through the remains of a damaged house in Tashqurghan in the Khulm district of Samangan province. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
People search through the debris of damaged buildings. [Reuters]
Falling rocks along a highway damaged a truck. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Shopkeepers search through the rubble of their shops along a highway. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
The quake damaged or destroyed 800 houses in one village in the Shahr-e-Bozorg district, says Ihsanullah Kamgar, spokesperson for the Badakhshan provincial police headquarters. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Yousaf Hammad, a spokesperson for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, says most of the injured suffered minor wounds and were discharged after treatment. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, says 534 injured people and 20 bodies had been brought to hospitals in Balkh and Samangan provinces. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
Afghanistan is particularly vulnerable to quakes because it lies on two active faults that have the potential to shift and cause extensive damage. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
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