At least 2 dead, over 100 wounded as earthquake jolts Afghanistan
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At least 2 dead, over 100 wounded as earthquake jolts Afghanistan
(Web Desk) - A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has hit western Afghanistan, killing at least two people and wounding more than 100 others, in the same region where thousands of people died in tremors last week.
According to the US Geological Survey, the latest quake’s epicentre was about 21 miles (34km) outside Herat, the provincial capital.
The quake hit just after 8:00am (0330 GMT).
The aid group Doctors Without Borders said two people were reported dead while Herat regional hospital received more than 100 people injured in Sunday’s quake.
Residents in the city of Herat had just begun returning to their homes again when the quake hit, after days of sleeping outside fearing aftershocks from last week's tremors.
"Herat's people are panicked and scared," said 27-year-old shopkeeper Hamid Nizami. "It's Allah's blessing that it happened during the day, people were awake."
