Nine people have been killed in a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
The earthquake struck the east of the country near the Pakistan border at 11.47pm local time (8.17pm UK time) on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.<\/p>\n
At least nine people were killed and 25 were injured in Nangarhar province, according to Ajmal Darwaish, spokesman for the regional health department.<\/p>\n
The quake’s epicentre was near Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, at a depth of 14km (8.7 miles). Jalalabad is about 119km (74 miles) away from the capital city, Kabul.<\/p>\n
There was a second earthquake in the same province about 20 minutes later, with a magnitude of 4.5 and a depth of 10km (6.2 miles). This was later followed by a 5.2 earthquake at the same depth.<\/p>\n
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake and strong aftershocks struck Afghanistan on 7 October 2023.<\/p>\n
The country’s Taliban government said at least 4,000 people had been killed, but the United Nations said the death toll was around 1,500.<\/p>\n
The 2023 earthquake is considered the deadliest natural disaster to hit Afghanistan in recent memory.<\/p>\n
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