earthquake of His strength of 6.1 killed at least 280 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, officials said, adding that hundreds of people They were injured and the death toll was likely rise as such information drip in From remote mountain villages.
The earthquake occurred 44 km from the Mediterranean Sea city of The US Geological Survey (USGC) said Khost, near the Pakistani border.
Residents . “strong and prolonged orgasms” of The Afghan capital, Kabul posted on The website of Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).
“She was strong,” said one resident. of Northwest Pakistan city of Peshawar.
Pictures on Afghan media houses showed reduced To the rubble and corpses covered in blankets on Earth.
EMSC estimated the volume at 6.1 although the USGC said it was 5.9.
Most of Confirmed deaths were in eastern province of Afghanistan of Pectika where 255 people were killed and more The Ministry of the Interior said that more than 200 wounded official Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.
In Khost Governorate, 25 people He was killed and 90 others were taken to hospital, he said.
“The death probably rise As for some of villages in remote Regions in “The mountains and it will take some time to gather the details,” he said.
The authorities have launched a rescue operation and are using helicopters to reach the wounded and take them away in Medical supplies and food added.
Vibration felt about 119 million people in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, EMSC . said on Twitter.
There were no immediate reports of Damage or injury in Pakistan.
The disaster comes at a time when Afghanistan is suffering from a severe economic crisis since the rule of the Taliban took over August, led by international The troops were withdrawing after two decades of war.
In response to the Taliban’s seizure of power, many governments have imposed sanctions on The banking sector in Afghanistan and cut billions of dollar worth of development helps.
Humanitarian aid continued and international Agencies like the United Nations are working in Country.
A spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry said they would welcome it help from which one international organisation.
big portions of south asia seismic active Because the tectonic plate known as the Indian plate pushes north in the Eurasian plate.
In 2015, an earthquake struck remote Northeast Afghanistan, killing several hundred people in Afghanistan and neighboring North Pakistan.
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