The 6.0 East Afghanistan earthquake died near the Pakistani border late Sunday, according to the American geological survey.
Usgs said that the epicenter was near Jalalabad, Nanjarhar Province, and it was 8 km depth. At 11:47 pm local time on Sunday.
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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.
A 6.3 earthquake from Afghanistan on October 7, 2023, followed by strong wireless tremors. The Taliban government estimated that at least 4000 people perished.
The United Nations gave much fewer death about 1500. It was the most bloody natural disaster to strike Afghanistan in modern memory.
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