An earthquake of magnitude 6.3, on the open Richter scale, shook western Afghanistan this Wednesday, according to the United States Seismological Service (USGS).
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers, at 05:10 (01:40 in Lisbon), with the epicenter recorded about 29 kilometers north of the city of Herat, the USGS added.
On Saturday, about 2,000 people died after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the western province of Herat, the Taliban government reported.
The Asian country is very vulnerable to natural disasters as it is located in the Hindu Kush mountain range, an area of great seismic activity and the usual point of origin of telluric movements in the region.
Source: TSF
