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an earthquake magnitude 6.3 shook western Afghanistan this Wednesday, according to the United States Seismological Survey (USGS). a person died and at least 120 people were injuredadvances the New York Times.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers, at 05:10 (01:40 in Lisbon), with the epicenter recorded about 29 kilometers north of the city of Herat, the USGS added.
Last Saturday, around 2 thousand people He died after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in the western province of Herat, the Taliban government said.
The Asian country is very vulnerable to natural disasters as it is located in the Hindu Kush mountain range, an area of great seismic activity and usual point of origin of telluric movements in the region.
Source: Observadora
