HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — The death toll from the earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan’s Herat province and its neighboring areas has risen to 2,445, Afghan authorities reported Sunday evening. Herat.
The worst-hit area in Herat is Zanda Khan district, where 13 villages were “totally destroyed,” said Mawlawi Musa Ashari, director of the National Disaster Management Authority (ANGD) for Herat province.
Also on Sunday, ANGD spokesman Mullah Janan Shaeq said more than 9,200 people were injured in the earthquakes.
According to the China Seismological Network Center, two earthquakes measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale devastated Afghanistan on Saturday, the first occurring at around 11:10 a.m. local time (06:40 GMT).