Several earthquakes struck western Afghanistan, including a magnitude 6.4 event and a subsequent 5.0 quake, with the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) providing the initial data to TASS.
The strongest quake concentrated its epicenter about 34 km to the northwest of Herat city, an area home to roughly 272,000 residents. The tremor was felt at a depth of about 10 km. As of the latest reports, no confirmed information about casualties or survivors had been released.
A short time later, scientists confirmed a second seismic event with a magnitude of 5.0 in the same western Afghanistan region. This second quake began roughly 28 km northwest of Herat, also at a depth near 10 km. There were no published figures on injuries at that stage.
In the following days, Afghanistan experienced a third event reported by EMSC. The epicenter was located about 42 km northwest of Herat. The disaster led to 2,440 injuries and a total of 2,445 people listed as casualties. Janan Saik, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Disaster Management, stated that Kabul called for relief and international assistance to support the victims in Herat province.
Earlier assessments from scientists note a global pattern: fires occurring worldwide span an area larger than the size of India each year, underscoring the broad scale of natural hazards in this region.