Printed On 3 Nov 2025
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing not less than 20 individuals and injuring greater than 500, a well being official says, including that the numbers might enhance.
The quake’s epicentre on Monday was positioned 22km (14 miles) west-southwest of the city of Khulm, and it struck at 12:59am (20:29 GMT on Sunday) at a depth of 28km (17 miles), the USA Geological Survey stated.
Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Well being, stated 534 injured individuals and 20 our bodies had been delivered to hospitals in Balkh and Samangan provinces. Rescuers had been on the scene and the figures had been altering, he added.
Within the close by province of Badakhshan, the quake broken or destroyed 800 homes in a single village within the Shahr-e-Bozorg district, stated Ihsanullah Kamgar, spokesperson for the provincial police headquarters.
Nevertheless, attributable to an absence of web service within the distant space, there have been nonetheless no correct casualty figures, he added.
Yousaf Hammad, a spokesperson for the Afghanistan Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority, stated a lot of the injured suffered minor wounds and had been discharged after therapy.
Within the Afghan capital, Kabul, the Ministry of Defence introduced that rescue and emergency groups had reached the quake-affected areas in Balkh and Samangan, which suffered essentially the most harm, and had been transporting the injured and aiding others.
The Defence Ministry stated a rockslide briefly blocked a essential mountain freeway linking Kabul with Mazar-i-Sharif however the street was later reopened. It stated some individuals who had been injured and trapped alongside the freeway had been transported to hospital.
