In the span of eight days, western Afghanistan was hit by three 6.3 magnitude earthquakes and their aftershocks leaving thousands dead. ... Photos show impact of devastating Afghanistan earthquakes.

A powerful earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, just a little over a week after thousands were killed by quakes and their aftermath in the same region. The U.S. Geological Survey said ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed two people in western Afghanistan on Oct. 15, 2023, with damaged prisons emptied and residents fleeing a region where tremors have claimed at least 1,000 lives ...

Afghans gather the remains of earthquake victims from destroyed houses after a massive 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the western Herat region, in Herat city, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2023.

At least 1,023 people were reported killed in the earthquake and 1,663 injured across 11 villages in the Zindajan district of Afghanistan’s Herat province, while 516 remain missing, the U.N. said.

The earthquakes that struck on Saturday were followed by nearly 20 powerful aftershocks, with another 6.3-magnitude quake hitting the region on Wednesday.

The death toll from strong earthquakes in western Afghanistan, one of the deadliest earthquakes to shake the country in two decades, has risen to more than 2,000, a Taliban government spokesman ...

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken Western Afghanistan, ... No details were immediately available on the impact of the quake, which struck at 12:41 a.m. UTC Wednesday morning.

Two earthquakes jolted Afghanistan on Saturday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.The latest ...

Afghan men search for victims after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, of western Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in ...

In our news wrap Sunday, another powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan’s western region where thousands died in last week’s quakes, six people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, ...

Denmark’s Humanitarian Impact on Afghanistan’s Earthquake Aftermath. The seismic events that occurred on 7 and 11 October, have left Afghanistan in disarray, directly impacting 250,000 people, ...