Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 8, More Casualties Feared

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Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 8, More Casualties Feared

September 5th, 2022

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A map shows the location of the quake of magnitude 5.3 that struck near the eastern city of Jalalabad, in Afghanistan, on Sept. 5, 2022. (USGS/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)

KABUL—An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news agency quoted a regional official as saying.

The quake of magnitude 5.3 struck near the eastern city of Jalalabad in the early hours, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

“Sunday night’s earthquake has caused financial and human losses in Kunar province,” Mawlavi Najibullah Hanif, the spokesman for the provincial governor, told the Bakhtar News Agency, adding that casualties could rise.

Initial reports put the toll from the quake at six, with nine injured, said disaster ministry spokesman Mohammad Nassim Haqqani.

Afghanistan is still recovering from a strong earthquake in June that killed more than 1,000 and wiped out villages in its east.

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Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 8, More Casualties Feared

September 5th, 2022

Awake Goy

A map shows the location of the quake of magnitude 5.3 that struck near the eastern city of Jalalabad, in Afghanistan, on Sept. 5, 2022. (USGS/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)

KABUL—An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news agency quoted a regional official as saying.

The quake of magnitude 5.3 struck near the eastern city of Jalalabad in the early hours, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

“Sunday night’s earthquake has caused financial and human losses in Kunar province,” Mawlavi Najibullah Hanif, the spokesman for the provincial governor, told the Bakhtar News Agency, adding that casualties could rise.

Initial reports put the toll from the quake at six, with nine injured, said disaster ministry spokesman Mohammad Nassim Haqqani.

Afghanistan is still recovering from a strong earthquake in June that killed more than 1,000 and wiped out villages in its east.