An earthquake today: Tremory of 5.8 intervened Argentina Salta on Thursday, September 4, said the European Mediterranean Seismology Center (EMSC). According to the EMSC, seismic activity occurred at a depth of 192 km (119 miles).
Another earthquake of size 6 on the Richter scale was hit by Alaska of the United States. The three felt 87 km southwest of Nikolski at 20:57 (local time) 3 September.
Almost 4 days ago, Afghanistan hit a devastating earthquake of 6 size. According to the Taliban government, the published on Wednesday exceeded the number of victims from the Eastern Afghanistan earthquake 1,469 and more than 3,700 people were injured.
Strong tremory damaged houses, buried people under the debris and destroyed villages. One of the deadliest shocks in decades “hit more than 500,000 people” in East Afghanistan, the UN refugee Chief Filippo Grandi informed AFP. According to the report, the vast majority of victims were mainly in Kunar province. About a dozen people died and hundreds were injured in the nearby provinces of Nangarhar and Laghman.
Why was Afghanistan earthquake deadly?
The earthquake hit before midnight on Sunday, August 31, in a mountainous area near Jalalabad, near the Pakistani border, was a shallow earthquake that occurred at a depth of 8 km.
Shallow earthquake is generally more dangerous than deep earthquakes. This is because seismic waves of shallow earthquakes have a shorter distance for the road to the surface, resulting in stronger fraying of the Earth and potentially greater damage to structures and greater victims.
Afghanistan is located on numerous turning lines between Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates and has a history of strong earthquakes and the Hindu Mountains Kush is a geologically active area where shocks occur every year.
According to the resident UN coordinator for Afghanistan, India Ratwatte, when the walls of mud and wooden houses collapsed, the roof falls on passengers, leading to injury or death. He also noted that the death was high because most people slept on Sunday evening.
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