A powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountain range Saturday, sending shockwaves that rattled the capital Kabul and rippled across neighboring countries, causing building collapses, injuries, and mass panic in the streets.
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new video out of Afghanistan as a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan.Reports that eight people were killed and dozens of structures and homes were damaged. pic.twitter.com/2vlNUHFhc6
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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported the Afghan quake’s epicenter was about 100 kilometers below the surface. Afghanistan itself had no immediate official reports of casualties or damage, though the National Disaster Management Authority said inspections in remote areas were still underway.
Neighboring Pakistan took a far heavier hit, coming just hours after a separate 5.4 magnitude quake struck its territory. District Commissioner Abdul Razzaq Khajjak told Reuters that more than 20 people were injured and dozens of homes were damaged across various areas of Musakhel district. The Balochistan Provincial Disaster Management Authority reported that around 125 homes were damaged or completely destroyed, and dedicated relief teams were dispatched to the disaster zone equipped with tents, food, solar panels, blankets, and medical supplies.
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In northwestern Pakistan’s Swat district, residents fled their homes into the streets with only the clothes on their backs. “It was a huge tremor here in Swat and it lasted a very long time,” recalled local resident Daniel Ahmad. “People just ran straight out their doors in trauma, and we saw women and children crying in complete panic on the roadsides.”
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The severe damage and harrowing images coming from various districts sparked deep concern in Islamabad’s corridors of power. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office said he expressed profound sorrow over the extensive destruction suffered by citizens and ordered the country’s emergency and rescue authorities to launch an urgent, large-scale response to provide shelter and medical assistance to all victims and families who lost their homes.