The earthquake struck Pakistan and Afghanistan leaving at least 12 people killed and more than 200 injured,hence causing alot of damages.
According to News Agencies, the 6.5-magnitude quake damaged buildings, triggered landslides, and sent people running into the streets.
The incident happened late on Tuesday, March 21, cantered in a mountainous region in Afghanistan’s northeast near the border with Pakistan. Tremors from the remote Jurm valley were felt as far as India.
“It was terrifying, I had never felt such a tremor before in my life,” Kabul resident Khatera told AFP News Agency after rushing out of her Fifth-Story Apartment.
Nine of the confirmed deaths were reported in the valley region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Three others were killed in Afghanistan, the country’s health ministry spokesman said.
A child was among those killed in the Laghman province near the country’s border with Pakistan, AFP reported.
Many families had been out of their homes celebrating the Persian New Year or Norwuz when the quake hit.
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Phone lines have been affected, and in Pakistan, the highway in the worst-hit Swat area has been blocked by landslides after the incident.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a statement has asked the Disaster Agencies to take emergency measures to help people who are affected.
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During the Earthquake, Tremors were felt over a 1,000-km area that spans India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
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Earthquakes are more likely in this region because it lies at the juncture of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
In June 2022 more than 1,000 people were killed after a 5.9-magnitude quake struck Afghanistan’s Paktika province, the country’s deadliest in nearly a quarter of a century.
