Two earthquakes rattle Afghanistan, killing at least six

KABUL – Two earthquakes shook Afghanistan on Tuesday, with one killing six folks within the northeast of the nation, officers mentioned.

The temblor early within the morning in northeastern Kunar province additionally injured 9 folks, in response to Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s catastrophe ministry.

The US Geological Survey recorded a quake of magnitude 4.3 within the space.

Additionally on Tuesday morning, the European seismic monitoring company recorded one other earthquake of magnitude 4.8 additional to the north. Haqqani mentioned there have been was no data but on casualties or injury in northern Badakhshan, the world doubtless impacted by the second quake.

Afghanistan has been reeling from pure disasters this yr, together with a drought and an earthquake that killed greater than 1,000 folks in June within the east of the nation.