{"id":2059204,"date":"2023-10-07T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T22:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100-people-dead-and-at-least-500-injured-in-afghanistan-after-two-6-3-magnitude-earthquakes\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T18:19:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T22:19:43","slug":"over-100-people-dead-and-at-least-500-injured-in-afghanistan-after-two-6-3-magnitude-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100-people-dead-and-at-least-500-injured-in-afghanistan-after-two-6-3-magnitude-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 dead, 500 injured in Afghanistan due to two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-100-people-dead-and-at-least-500-injured-in-afghanistan-after-two-6-3-magnitude-earthquakes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2059204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Afghan residents clear debris from a damaged house\u2063 after \u200cearthquake in Sarbuland\u2064 village of Zendeh Jan district of Herat province on October 7,2023 (Photo by MOHSEN \u2063KARIMI\/AFP \u2064via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>3:15 PM \u2013\u200c Saturday, October 7, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes hit Afghanistan \u2063causing the death\u200c of dozens\u2064 of people \u200dand injuring hundreds more. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>An Afghanistan national disaster authority \u2064announced that two earthquakes hit the country\u200d on Saturday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once again,\u2062 children\u2062 and families in Afghanistan have been affected by a devastating earthquake,\u2064 this time in western \u2062Herat province.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNICEFAfg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNICEFAfg<\/a> is \u200don\u200c the ground with our UN colleagues to assess the full\u200c impact. Our \u2063heartfelt condolences go\u200b out to all families\u200c affected. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BczC42jLnI\">pic.twitter.com\/BczC42jLnI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNICEF \u2062Afghanistan (@UNICEFAfg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNICEFAfg\/status\/1710654865024991407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, \u20632023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to an update from the United Nations Office for \u200dthe Coordination of Humanitarian \u200dAffairs, the death toll is an estimate of\u2063 around 100 and\u200c roughly 500 injured although 320 possible\u200d casualties are still being verified. <\/p>\n<p>The \u200dWorld Health Organization in Afghanistan said it dispatched 12 ambulance\u200d cars to Zenda Jan to evacuate victims to hospitals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAs deaths\u2064 &#038; casualties\u200c from the earthquake continue to be reported, teams are \u2064in hospitals assisting treatment \u2064of wounded &#038; assessing additional\u200d needs,\u201d the U.N. agency said on X, formerly known as Twitter. \u201cWHO-supported ambulances are transporting those affected, most of them women and\u200c children.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The USGS\u200d website shows seven \u200dearthquakes\u2063 in the\u200b region, including a 5.9-magnitude earthquake 21.7 miles north-northwest\u2063 of\u200d Herat, a\u200c 6.3-magnitude \u200cearthquake 20.5 \u200bmiles north-northeast of Zindah Jan, and\u200d another\u200d 6.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100-people-dead-and-at-least-500-injured-in-afghanistan-after-two-6-3-magnitude-earthquakes\/\" title=\"Over 100 dead, 500 injured in Afghanistan due to two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes.\">3-magnitude earthquake 18 miles north-northeast<\/a> of Zindah Jan, which is about \u200d26 miles west of Herat city.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban-appointed deputy prime minister for economic\u2063 matters, Abdul Ghani \u2062Baradar, gave his \u2062condolences to the\u2062 victims and injured in Herat and Badghis.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban asked local organizations to get to earthquake-stricken areas as soon as possible to assist in transporting \u2064injured \u200dpeople to\u2063 hospitals, providing refuge for the destitute,\u2062 and \u2062delivering food \u200cto survivors. <\/p>\n<p>They added that security \u2063authorities should deploy all of their resources and facilities to rescue anyone stuck under debris.<\/p>\n<p>Dawood, a resident of the severely hit Zindah Jan district, told the press\u200c dozens of \u2062villages are destroyed and hundreds of people are under the rubble.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2063 took nine dead bodies of my relatives to Herat and I\u2019m on\u200d the way back. Roads to many of\u2062 the villages are damaged. Lots of people would die under the rubble tonight,\u201d Dawood said. \u201cI can tell you \u200donly 50 people are alive in the village of my relatives, more\u2063 than 400 \u2064people\u200c were living there until this \u200dmorning. A \u200dcatastrophe is unfolding here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The local \u2063governor \u200bsaid \u201ca high number\u201d\u200b of people are dead in the district as more than 10 villages are reduced to rubble.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062natural disaster\u2064 happened after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck \u200dthe province of Paktika in June of last\u200c year, killing\u2063 over 1,000 people and displacing tens of thousands.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts \u2064directly to your inbox for free. 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These powerful quakes resulted in the tragic loss of many lives and left hundreds injured. The earthquake struck the\u2062 Zendeh Jan district of the \u200bHerat province, causing \u200dsignificant destruction and \u2064chaos throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Afghanistan national disaster authority confirmed the occurrence of the earthquakes and immediately \u2063commenced \u2063rescue and relief operations. As reports continue to \u2062pour in, it\u2064 is\u2064 estimated that the death toll could\u200c reach \u2062around 100, with approximately 500 individuals \u2063injured. However, it \u200dis crucial to note \u200cthat 320 possible \u2062casualties are still being verified.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of \u2063Humanitarian Affairs provided updates on \u200dthe \u200dsituation, shedding light on the severity of the \u2064disaster. Meanwhile, \u200dthe World Health Organization in Afghanistan dispatched 12 ambulances to evacuate victims\u200d to hospitals, emphasizing\u200d their commitment to providing critical medical support.<\/p>\n<p>The region has been prone to seismic activity, as \u200devident from the USGS website, which recorded\u2063 multiple earthquakes in the area. The recent earthquakes\u2062 in Herat province included a 5.9-magnitude quake \u200cnorth-northwest of Herat, a 6.3-magnitude quake \u2062north-northeast of \u2063Zindah Jan, and another 6.3-magnitude quake \u200cnortheast\u2062 of Zindah Jan.<\/p>\n<p>In response to \u2063the calamity, the\u2064 Taliban-appointed deputy\u2062 prime minister for economic \u200cmatters, Abdul Ghani Baradar, expressed his condolences to\u2063 the \u2063victims and\u2062 injured in Herat and Badghis. The Taliban authorities mobilized local organizations to provide immediate assistance to affected areas, \u200bfocusing on transporting the injured \u2063to hospitals, providing shelter for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes struck Afghanistan, residents in Sarbuland village of Zendeh Jan district, Herat province, clear debris from a damaged house. The quakes resulted in the deaths of many and left hundreds injured. 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