On Tuesday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 shook much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrifying people even in rural villages and causing scared citizens to flee their homes and places of business. Nine people, at least, passed away.
According to Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for Pakistan's emergency services, more than 100 individuals were taken to hospitals in the Swat valley area of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a condition of shock.
Faizi and other officials said nine people were killed when roofs collapsed in various parts of northwestern Pakistan. Dozens of others were injured in the quake, which was centered in Afghanistan and also felt in bordering Tajikistan. The earthquake triggered landslides in some of the mountainous areas, disrupting traffic.
According to Sharafat Zaman Amar, the Taliban's designated spokesperson for the public health ministry, the earthquake in Afghanistan has so far claimed at least two lives and injured about 20 others.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 6.5-magnitude earthquake's epicenter was located 40 kilometers (25 miles) south-southeast of Jurm in Afghanistan's mountainous Hindukush region, which borders Tajikistan and Pakistan. A large area was affected by the earthquake, which occurred 188 kilometers (116 miles) below the surface of the Earth.
According to Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for Pakistan's emergency services, more than 100 individuals were taken to hospitals in the Swat valley area of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a condition of shock.
Faizi and other officials said nine people were killed when roofs collapsed in various parts of northwestern Pakistan. Dozens of others were injured in the quake, which was centered in Afghanistan and also felt in bordering Tajikistan. The earthquake triggered landslides in some of the mountainous areas, disrupting traffic.
According to Sharafat Zaman Amar, the Taliban's designated spokesperson for the public health ministry, the earthquake in Afghanistan has so far claimed at least two lives and injured about 20 others.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 6.5-magnitude earthquake's epicenter was located 40 kilometers (25 miles) south-southeast of Jurm in Afghanistan's mountainous Hindukush region, which borders Tajikistan and Pakistan. A large area was affected by the earthquake, which occurred 188 kilometers (116 miles) below the surface of the Earth.
