An earthquake today: Another earthquake measures 4.9 Richter scale size on Friday 5th September, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). It comes only a few days after a number of fatal shocks hit the eastern area, killed over 2,000 and injured more than 3,000. On Thursday, Afghanistan hit at least two other earthquakes.
“EQ M: 4.9, on: 05/09/2025 03:16:43 ist, lat: 34,57 N, long: 70,42 E, depth: 120 km, location: Afghanistan,” said the National Center for Seismology on X.
The latest seismic activity came after two earthquakes of 5.8 and 4.1, the region hit in the late hours of Thursday, according to the NCS. This was the third earthquake reported within 24 hours.
The NCS said the first earthquake, measurement 5.8, hit on Thursday at 22:26, followed by the second tremor of 4.1 at 23:58 at the same night.
“EQ M: 5,8, on: 04/09/2025 22:26:29, lat: 34,58 N, long: 70,66 E, depth: 160 km, location: Afghanistan,” NCS said on X.
A shallow earthquake on Saturday appeared near the epicenter of Sunday Temblora, near the town of Jalalabad in Nangarhar. Shock waves were felt as far as Kabul and in the capital of Pakistan in Islamabad.
“EQ M: 4.1, on: 04/09/2025 23:58:28, lat: 34.60 n, long: 70.50 E, depth: 50 km, location: Afghanistan,” he said.
According to the updated data published on Saturday, more than 2,200 people died due to a strong earthquake that hit Eastern Afghanistan on Sunday 31. One of the deadliest shocks hit the Earth in decades, an earthquake of 6.0 seriously affected the Kunar province. About 3,640 people were reported in the neighboring Nangarhar and Laghman provinces.
The last earthquake on Friday was the ninth strong shock recorded by an American geological survey.
Due to poor infrastructure and blocked roads after landslide and rocks, the local health services were “under huge tension” because the affected region suffered from a lack of traumatic supplies, medicines and employees, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned.
To expand their mobile health services and delivery distribution, the agency has referred to $ 4 million to provide rescue health interventions.
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