Kabul the 5th of September : At at least six people have been killed and nine more were injured following an 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Afghan province of Kunar province on Monday A top official said. “The earthquake jolted the region around 2.30 a.m.and according to preliminary reports, six people were killed and nine others wounded in Mazar Dara area of Norgal district,” Xinhua news agency quoted the provincial official as saying to reporters.
A number of houses were destroyed by the earthquake in the province of mountains The official stated that a study is underway to establish the precise amount of property and lives.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 38km northeast of Jalalabad city, the capital of the neighboring Nangarhar province.
The earthquake was felt in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan.of Kabul.
The tremor struck just a few months after Afghanistan was struck by one of the most deadly earthquakes in its history.
The 6.2-magnitude earthquake on the 22nd of June killed around 1,163 persons and injured over 6,600 more in the provinces of Paktika and Khost.
The massive temblor was felt more than 500 kilometers away from 119 million residents, with the majority in Pakistan as well as in areas of India as well as Iran.
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