US pledges $55m to Afghan quake victims
The United States will give nearly $55 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to people impacted by a recent earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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‘Doing basic things to bring life to normal in quake-hit areas’
Medical and humanitarian aid has reached the survivors of the recent earthquake in southeastern Paktika province and the government plans to do basic things to bring the life back to normal in the affected areas, the governor said…
6.4 magnitude earthquake jolts parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan
KABUL were jolted by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Friday. The earthquake struck at a depth of 210km with the epicentre in a sparsely populated, remote mountain area in Badakhshan province, said the USGS, which put the quake at 6.1 on…
M6.6 earthquake shakes parts of Afghanistan
KABUL, including capital Kabul, on Sunday afternoon. According to US Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the earthquake was centered at a depth of 210km in Ishkashim district of northeastern Badakhshan province. There was no immediate report of losses by…
Mild-intensity quake rattles Afghanistan, Pakistan
KABUL on Saturday morning, but there were no immediate reports about casualties. The epicenter was located about eight miles west of the Ishkashim village of northeastern Badakhshan province, bordering Pakistan’s Chitral valley, at the depth of about 56 miles. The…
5.3 earthquake jolts parts of Kabul, provinces
KABUL, including the nation’s capital Islamabad. The quake struck at 1:15pm in Kabul. The epicentre of the earthquake was the Hindu Kush (36.50N, 71.09E), with a focal dept of 175kms. Afghanistan’s Geology and Survey Department acting director Mohammad Tahir Razai…