ISLAMABAD: A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same province. The US Geological Survey said the latest quake’s epicenter was about 34km outside Herat, the provincial capital, and 8km below the surface.Save the Children said four people have died and that Herat Regional Hospital has received 153 injured. Everything in Baloch area of Rabat Sangi district has collapsed. Several villages have been destroyed, said the aid group. Authorities have given lower casualty numbers.The quakes on October 7 flattened whole villages in Herat, in one of the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history.
