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More than 255 people died and at least more than 150 were injured after an earthquake in Afghanistan, which was felt in the early hours of this Wednesday. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale. The number of dead and injured is still being assessed and could increase in the coming hours.
The death toll from the earthquake is reported by the Afghan television station TOLOnews, which specifies that the authorities of the Paktika province region stated that more than 250 people had died and more than 200 were injured in this area of the country. country most affected by the earthquake. The authorities of the city of Khost, also quoted by the TOLOnews station, indicated at least eight dead and more than seven wounded.
The figures have yet to be confirmed by the government, but Afghanistan’s own state news agency, the Bakhtar News Agency, says that at least 255 people have been killed and at least 155 injured in Paktika province.
#RIP: At least 255 people were killed and 155 others injured in an earthquake in Barmala, Ziruk, Naka and Gayan districts of Paktika province on Tuesday night.
Local officials say the death toll could rise if the central government fails to provide emergency aid. pic.twitter.com/YlByfyArtG— Bakhtar News Agency (@BakhtarNA) June 22, 2022
The epicenter of the earthquake was felt about 44 kilometers from the city of Khost, near the border with Pakistan, Reuters wrote this morning. The city has almost a million inhabitants and is the largest in the southeast of the country. Al Jazeera, for its part, added that the Paktika region was the most affected by the impact of the earthquake.
The earthquake will have been felt within a radius of 500 kilometers, in regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (including Kabul and Islamabad, capitals of the first two countries) inhabited by about 119 million people, reported the European Seismic Center of the Mediterranean ( ESMC) said meanwhile. ), a non-governmental scientific organization.
Source: Observadora
