Another 610 people were injured, according to a disaster management official
The death toll from a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that struck Afghanistan early this morning has risen to 950, according to an official from the country’s disaster management service.
He added that another 610 people had been injured.
At least 920 people have been killed and more than 610 others injured in a result of an #earthquake in Paktika and Khost provinces on Tuesday night.#Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/dTWPtMQ4xv
– Ahmad Shah Erfanyar (@erfanyar) June 22, 2022
Footage from Paktika province near the border with Pakistan showed victims being transported by helicopter to move away from the area.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 in #Afghanistan has killed at least killed 280 people and injured more than 600 in the country east. pic.twitter.com/zhyZiQ3nJF
– INDEPENDENT PRESS (@IpIndependent) June 22, 2022
A deadly earthquake hits Afghanistan killing more than 950 people#earthquake #AfghanistanEarthquake pic.twitter.com/qrJ3ud2cv2
– NADEEM AFZAL (@ NADEEMA59790780) June 22, 2022
According to Al Arabiya, the state news agency Bakhtar he mentioned that rescuers arrived by helicopter. News Agency CEO Abdul Wahid Rayan wrote on Twitter that 90 houses have been destroyed in Paktika and dozens of people have been trapped under the rubble.
Widespread images from the province of the province show damaged stone houses, with residents collecting clay bricks and other rubble.
«A strong earthquake shook four districts of Paktika province, killing and injuring hundreds of our compatriots and destroying dozens of houses.“, Wrote separately on Twitter Bilal KarimiDeputy Spokesman for the Taliban Government. “We urge all aid agencies to send teams to the area immediately to prevent further disaster.” he added.
Last night’s earthquake martyred 288 Afghans and injured more than 600 in Afghanistan’s Khost, Paktia and Paktika provinces. We call on the government of Pakistan to help our neighbor in this difficult time on the basis of humanitarian sympathy.#earthquake#SavePaktika pic.twitter.com/kO8vFUIKtL
– Insaf Marwat || انصاف مــروت (@ InsafMarwat313) June 22, 2022
The earthquake was felt in the capital tPakistan, Islamabad, and elsewhere in the eastern province of Punjab.
The European Seismological Service, EMSC, reported the quake more than 500 kilometers were felt (310 miles) from 119 million people worldwide Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
It is noted that mountainous Afghanistan and the wider region of South Asia, where the Indian tectonic plate collides with the Eurasian plate in the north, it has long been vulnerable to catastrophic earthquakes.
The 2015a major earthquake that struck the northeast of the country killed more than 200 people in Afghanistan and neighboring northern Pakistan.
A similar earthquake of 6.1 degrees in 2002 killed about 1,000 people in northern Afghanistan. And in 1998, an earthquake also 6.1 Richter and subsequent earthquakes in remote northeastern Afghanistan killed at least 4,500 people.
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