Powerful earthquake shakes west Afghanistan a week after devastating quakes hit same region

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ISLAMABAD — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same province.The U.S. Geological Survey said the latest quake’s epicenter was about 34 kilometers outside Herat, the provincial capital, and eight kilometers below the surface.Save the Children said four people have died and that Herat Regional Hospital has received 153 injured.

7 flattened whole villages in Herat, in one of the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history.More than 90% of the people killed a week ago were women and children, U.N. officials reported Thursday.Taliban officials said the earlier quakes killed more than 2,000 people across the province. The epicenter was in Zenda Jan district, where the majority of casualties and damage occurred.The initial quake, numerous aftershocks and a second 6.

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