Western Afghanistan was rocked by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake on Sunday, marking the area’s fourth quake of that magnitude in recent days.
The epicenter was reported to be about 20 miles outside of Herat, the provincial capital. Save the Children reported four confirmed deaths so far, and Herat Regional Hospital received 153 injured. Everything in the Baloch area of Rabat Sangi district has collapsed, with several villages being destroyed.
The earthquakes that occurred on October 7th had already levelled whole villages in Herat According to United Nations officials, over 90 percent of the more than 2,500 people people killed a week ago were women and children. Mud-brick homes, schools, health clinics, and other village facilities were demolished, and survivors left struggling with the loss of multiple family members.
Volunteers are still arriving to help sift the debris and dig mass graves as the region tries to recover from the natural disaster.
