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Toll prone to rise, with important injury reported throughout mountainous area in japanese Afghanistan, sources say.
Revealed On 1 Sep 2025
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck japanese Afghanistan, with early reviews indicating that at the least 10 individuals had been killed and 20 others injured, in line with sources.
The tremor shook the Kunar and Nangahar province at about midnight native time on Monday, native sources informed Al Jazeera, with important injury reported throughout a number of districts within the mountainous areas.
The sources mentioned the toll was preliminary and that figures are prone to rise as assessments proceed.
America Geological Survey mentioned the 6.0 magnitude quake was centred 27 kilometres (17 miles) east of town of Jalalabad within the Nangahar province.
A 4.5 magnitude tremor occurred a short time later close to Basawul in Nangahar.
Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder, reporting from neighbouring Pakistan, mentioned the devastation from the earthquake was prone to be excessive because the tremor struck at a shallow depth.
“Kunar is a mountainous territory bordering Pakistan, and this space is vulnerable to earthquakes. Kunar is located proper subsequent to Badakshan, which is a seismic zone, and there are frequent earthquakes there that additionally shake Pakistan,” he mentioned.
“Usually, these earthquakes are fairly deep and, subsequently, don’t trigger a lot injury. However this specific earthquake was of magnitude 6.0 and was at a shallow depth, between 8 to 10 kilometres [5-6.2 miles]. This implies it will have a extra devastating impact, on condition that a lot of the development within the Kunar space is poor. It’s usually mud homes, or constructed by rock,” he added.
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