KABUL — Two children died when a building collapsed in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday, provincial officials and US seismologists said.
The epicenter of the quake, which struck at a relatively shallow depth of eight kilometers (six miles), was located 27 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, according to the US Geological Survey., This news data comes from:http://yamato-syokunin.com
Two dead as strong earthquake jolts Afghanistan
The quake struck at 11:47 p.m. (1917 GMT), USGS said.
Two children died when their home's roof caved in during the shaking, according to initial reports from provincial authorities.
At least 15 other people were injured, officials said in a statement.
The quake shook buildings from Kabul to Pakistan's capital Islamabad around 370 kilometers away for several seconds, AFP journalists said.
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
Nangarhar province was also hit by flooding overnight Friday to Saturday, which left five people dead and destroyed crops and property, provincial authorities said.
- Israel military says controls 40 percent of Gaza City
- 1 in 4 people lack access to safe drinking water — UN
- DPWH told to build evacuation centers
- Searchers retrieve bodies as Afghan quake toll seen to rise
- Ukraine says Russia linked to lawmaker's killing
- PH eyes global partners in biggest railway project
- Dizon to abolish DPWH internal special investigation team created to look into the flood control anomalies
- Five killed in New York state tourist bus crash
- Chinese bridge collapse kills at least 12 construction workers
- Catholic, Greek Orthodox clergy to stay in Gaza City to help weakest
