An earthquake rocked western 아프가니스탄 월요일에, 이상을 죽이는 20 수백 채의 가옥 파괴, 지방 당국은 말했다.
그만큼 5.6 규모의 진동이 Badghis의 서부 지역을 뒤흔들었습니다., bordering 투르크메니스탄, in the afternoon, reducing brick homes to rubble, according to photos shared by local authorities.
“운수 나쁘게, our initial reports show that 22 사람들, 여성과 어린이를 포함한, have been killed and four others injured,” said Baz Mohammad Sarwari, the director of Information and Culture of the Badghis provincial administration.
“The Mujahideen have reached to some of the affected areas, but Badghis is a mountainous province, the number of casualties might go up,” 그는 덧붙였다, referring to Taliban fighters, and adding that heavy rain was also lashing the area.
Mullah Janan Saeqe, head of the Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of State for Emergency Affairs, confirmed the death toll and said more than 700 houses had been damaged.
Sanullah Sabit, the head of the nursing unit at the main hospital in Badghis’ capital said they had received five patients injured in the quake, mostly with broken bones and fractures.
The quake was at a depth of 30 킬로미터 (약 19 마일), according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
