At least 13 people died and more of 200 were injured this Tuesday March 21 following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake shake the countries Pakistan and Afghanistan.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the phenomenon had its epicenter in northeastern Afghanistan, near the city of Jurm, on the border with Pakistan and Tajikistan. The earthquake had a depth of 187 km y felt more than 2000 kilometers away.
In Pakistan died five men, two women and two childrenaccording to authorities from the province of Jáiber Pajtunjua, north of the capital Islamabad.
In Afghanistan They registered 75 injured and four fatalities, including a minor, which were found in the provinces of Laghman and Takhar. This was stated by the spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, Sharafat Zaman Amar.
In this regard, the Afghan government spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, reported that health centers throughout the country will remain in alert in view of the possibility of more victims appearing.
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The earthquake was recorded around 10:00 p.m. in Kabul and had a duration of more than 30 secondseven being felt from Central Asia to New Delhi, in India, which represents more than 2,000 km of distance.
“It was terrifying. I never felt such a tremor”he stated in dialogue with AFP a citizen residing in the Afghan capital.
Likewise, the spokesman for the Pakistani emergency service, Bilal Faizi, told the same agency: “It was a powerful earthquake and we feared maximum damage due to the intensityThat’s why we’re issuing an alert.”
However, he clarified: “Fortunately our fears were wrong. The residents panicked due to the magnitude of the earthquake, but the damage has been minimal“.
It is worth mentioning that the place where the epicenter of the earthquake took place is an area close to the Hindu Kush mountain range, a place that is known for presenting a strong seismic activity and that is usually the point of origin of telluric movements in the region.
Even at the end of July 2022, more than 1,000 people died and another 1,500 were injured following a similar earthquake of magnitude 5.9 that took place in the Afghan provinces of Paktika and Khost, bordering Pakistan, and was described as the deadliest in the last 25 years.
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