Another earthquake has hit western Afghanistan, just days after two large quakes in the same region killed more than 1,000 people.
The new 6.3 magnitude quake struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Wednesday, 28km (17 miles) north of Herat, killing at least one person.
The wider impact of the latest quake is not yet clear, but many people were sleeping in the open after their homes were destroyed on Saturday.
“I have never felt so close to death,” she said, adding that she ran barefoot to the outskirts of the city, where many have been sleeping in tents since the first quake.
Images from the villages show entire houses, which were too fragile to withstand the tremors, reduced to rubble.
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
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Another earthquake has hit western Afghanistan, just days after two large quakes in the same region killed more than 1,000 people.
The new 6.3 magnitude quake struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Wednesday, 28km (17 miles) north of Herat, killing at least one person.
The wider impact of the latest quake is not yet clear, but many people were sleeping in the open after their homes were destroyed on Saturday.
“I have never felt so close to death,” she said, adding that she ran barefoot to the outskirts of the city, where many have been sleeping in tents since the first quake.
Images from the villages show entire houses, which were too fragile to withstand the tremors, reduced to rubble.
Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
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