HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct 16 (NNN-ANA) – Two were dead and 125 injured people have been taken to hospital, following tremors in west Afghanistan’s Herat province yesterday, said Farhad Afzali, a medical doctor at the Herat hospital.
However, locals say, two tremors which, in a span of minutes, rocked Herat and its vicinity yesterday morning, have damaged around 30 villages in the province.
Two deadly quakes, according to China Earthquake Networks Centre, each with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale, followed by several aftershocks, rocked west Afghanistan with an epicentre in Zindajan district of Herat province on Oct 7, leaving over 2,000 dead and thousands more injured.
Since Oct 7, Herat has been experiencing a series of tremors, forcing locals to live and sleep on the open ground, to escape possible devastating quakes.– NNN-ANA
