Earthquake of 5.0 size at 22:55 (ist) 5 September at 22:55.
“EQ M: 5.0, NA: 05/09/2025 22:55:53, lat: 34,45 N, long: 70,41 E, depth: 10 km, location: Afghanistan,” said the National Center for Seismology on X.
The previous earthquake, occurring at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), was registered at the coordinates of 34.57 ° N and 70.75 ° E. In Eastern Afghanistan, there were a number of shocks that, just before that, claimed more than 2,200 people and injured more than 3,600. The numerous villages were completely destroyed and tens of thousands of homeless people persisted in the affected provinces.
According to Nangarhar, the spokesman of the Health Department in the Nangarhar province, his epicenter was in the distant district of Shiwa near the Pakistani border, resulting in damage in the Barkashkot area according to the initial reports.
Aal Jan, whose house in the worst province of Kunar was hit by tremors, said, “Everything we had was destroyed. The only remaining things are these clothes on their backs.”
Previously shocks this year
One of the Afghan devastating earthquakes in the last years of size 6 was hit on August 31, causing confusion in the provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar, followed by a second earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale two days after the first, which caused rescue because it caused lands and blocked access to long -distance fraud. The authorities stated that more than 6,700 houses were destroyed. The United Nations warned that the victim of death could increase, and many people are still trapped under the debris and a window for quick closing of the survivors.
The International Federation of the Red Cross companies and the Red Crescent Society said that the needs of humanitarists are “huge and growing rapidly”, adding: “Up to 84,000 people are directly and indirectly affected, with thousands.”
John Ayliff, head of UN World Food program in the country, told Reuters on Wednesday that they had enough funds and supplies to help the survivors for just four weeks. Jacopo Caridi from the Norwegian refugees council urged the donors to expand their support over immediate help in saving life and emphasize the need to provide Afghans hope for the future that exceeds the constant crisis.
“The earthquake should serve as a sharp reminder: Afghanistan cannot be left to face one crisis after another,” he said.
(With Reuters inputs)
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