Earthquake in Afghanistan is a major havoc
Taliban government spokesperson Jabihullah Mujahid says that at least 1,411 people have been killed in Kunar province, the most affected by the 6.0 magnitude earthquake. In a post on X, he said that at least 3,124 others were injured while more than 5,400 houses have been destroyed. The earthquake, which occurred late on Sunday night, has caused great havoc in Afghanistan in which many villages have been destroyed. A village in Kunar province, Ghaziabad, has disappeared. People say, “People are still buried under the debris, but there is no means to remove the missing people by removing the debris.”
Why does the earthquake repeatedly in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is located in one of the most active seismic regions of the Earth, where the Hindu Kush mountain range is the center of both shallow and deep earthquakes. The region is highly active due to being located between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate. As a result, there are acute earthquakes in the Pamir -Hindu Kush region of Northern Afghanistan, whose depth reaches 200 km (124 mi) – which is a rare phenomenon globally.
In contrast, near the Suleman mountain range (West Pakistan and South-Eastern Afghanistan) and the main Pamir Thrst, earthquakes are usually shallow and disastrous, which come close to the surface where they cause the most damage.
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