Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Western Afghanistan, Seismological Centre Says

© AP Photo / Omid HaqjooAn Afghan boy holds his cat sitting in the yard of his destroyed house after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, Afghanistan
An Afghan boy holds his cat sitting in the yard of his destroyed house after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, Afghanistan - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 15.10.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck western Afghanistan early on Sunday, the data of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) showed.
The earthquake hit at 03:36 GMT 32 kilometers (19.8 miles) northwest of Herat, the seismologists said, adding that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 10 kilometers.
No casualties and damages have been reported.
People clear away rubble after an earthquake in the Zenda Jan district of Herat province in western Afghanistan. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 09.10.2023
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