At least 1,000 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in the deadliest Earthquake to rock Afghanistan in decades. Brett_McLeod 9News LATEST:
on Wednesday, killing 1000 people and injuring 1500 more in one of the deadliest quakes in decades, the state-run news agency reported. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise.border, but quakes of that strength can cause serious damage in an area where homes and other buildings are poorly constructed and landslides are common. Experts put the depth at just 10 kilometres — another factor that could lead to severe destruction.
Neighbouring Pakistan's Meteorological Department said the quake's epicentre was in Afghanistan's Paktika province, some 50 kilometres southwest of the city of Khost. Buildings were also damaged in Khost province, and tremors were felt some 375 kilometres away in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. "Because of the mountainous area, there are rockslides and landslides that we won't know about until later reporting. Older buildings are likely to crumble and fail," he said. "Due to how condensed the area is in that part of the world, we've seen in the past similar earthquakes deal significant damage."
The "response is on its way," the UN resident coordinator in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, wrote on Twitter. The Italian medical aid group Emergency, which still operates in Afghanistan, said it sent seven ambulances and staff to the areas closest to the quake zone.
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