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Earthquake tremors have been felt once again in Afghanistan. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) said an earthquake struck Afghanistan at 5:44 am on Thursday. Its intensity on the Richter scale was 4.2. According to NCS data, the epicenter of the earthquake was located at latitude 36.36 and longitude 71.18 at a depth of 124 km. There is no news of any loss of life or property so far.
Second earthquake in two days
An earthquake has occurred in Afghanistan for the second time in two days. Earlier on Tuesday, an earthquake of 4.6 magnitude occurred about 30 kilometers away from Kurm in Afghanistan. According to the National Seismology, an earthquake struck Afghanistan at 1:32 pm IST on Tuesday, with a depth of 196 km.
There was a devastating earthquake in October
Afghanistan is an earthquake prone area. On October 7 last year, an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude occurred in Herat province of Afghanistan, in which many villages were destroyed. It is considered the most devastating earthquake to hit Afghanistan in recent times, killing 2,000 people and leaving thousands injured and homeless. Many months later, people are still struggling to rebuild.
According to reports, Afghanistan needs more than US$400 million to recover from last October's earthquake. The United Nations, in collaboration with the World Bank, the European Union and the Asian Development Bank, has released a new report estimating that US$402.9 million is urgently needed to support critical reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan's Herat province.