Afghanistan was shaken by a 6.0 -sized earthquake near the Pakistani border

The 6.0 South Eastern Earth offered earthquake shook hands near the Pakistani border late Sunday, according to the American geological survey.

Usgs said the earthquake center was 22 miles north or Paso, Afghanistan, and was a depth of 6.2 miles. At 11:47 pm local time on Sunday.

Nangarhar spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health in Nangarhar said that 15 people were injured and transferred to the local hospital for treatment.

Another earthquake was about 20 minutes after the province itself, with a size of 4.5 and a depth of 10 km.

Afghanistan is located near the crossroads of European and Indian tectonic paintings, and is often affected by earthquakes.

6.3 earthquake Afghanistan was hit on October 7, 2023Along with strong wireless tremors. The Taliban government estimated that at least 4000 perished. The United Nations gave a much lower number than about 1500. It was the most bloody natural disaster to strike Afghanistan in modern memory.

More than 90 % of the dead were Women and childrenUNICEF said.

in June 2022It hit an earthquake of 5.9 parts of East Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people and wounding more than 1500 others.