Search for survivors after the fatal earthquake Seismic news

Rescuers are desperately searching for the survivors of the ruins of the houses that were settled due to an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,100 people.

The earthquake is 6.0Followed by at least five thin tremors, hitting remote areas in mountainous provinces near the border with Pakistan around midnight on Sunday.

“The operations lasted all night,” said Ihsan Allah, head of the Disaster Management Authority.

He said that there were “still wounded in remote villages” in need of hospitalization.

The villagers joined the rescue efforts, using their naked hands to remove debris from mud homes and simple stone integrated in very slope valleys.

The United Nations Immigration Agency said that some of the most difficult villages are accessible due to the prohibited roads.

The earthquake center was about 27 km (17 miles) from Jalalabad, according to the United States of America, which she said was struck in a Ruler 8 km (5 miles) below the surface of the earth.

On Monday, UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that the organization was working with the authorities “to evaluate needs quickly, provide emergency assistance and stand ready to fill in additional support”, with an initial amount of $ 5 million.

The Afghan Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian group working in the region, said on Tuesday that the death toll in the earthquake had risen to 1124. The group said that at least 3251 people were injured and destroyed more than 8,000 homes in the disaster.

It also has dozens of wounded Lagman Province, according to government spokesman Zabiya Allah Mujahid.

Relatively shallow earthquakes can cause more damage, especially since the majority of Afghans live in low homes of clay bricks vulnerable to collapse.

In a publication shared by the Vatican, Pope Liu XIV said he was “very sad from the big loss of life” caused by the earthquake.

Afghanistan is often exposed to earthquakes, especially in the Hindus Kush mountain range, near the intersection of Eurasian and Indian tectonic paintings.

In October 2023, the West Hirat Province was destroyed due to a 6.3 earthquake, killing more than 2000 people and caused or destroyed more than 63,000 homes.

The earthquake of 5.9 East Baktika’s earthquake struck in June 2022, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving tens of thousands of shelter.