Afghan earthquake triggers landslide, scores trapped
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More than 70 people were trapped in rubble after houses made of mud collapsed from two strong earthquakes on Monday (June 11) that triggered a landslide in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, officials said.
A remote village in Baghlan province appeared to have taken the brunt of the damage, the provincial police chief said, adding that information was trickling in slowly from the site. More than 70 people were trapped in Dara Azara village, but he had no information about casualties so far.
A man who lost eight members of his family, 65-year-old Abdullah called on neighboring villages to help lift the rubble.
A quake measuring 5.4 struck the Hindu Kush region followed by a 5.7 aftershock, the United States Geological Survey said. It was centered 174 km (108 miles) north of Kabul, where the quake was also felt. At least 22 houses were destroyed and most of the missing are women and children.
More than 70 people were trapped in rubble after houses made of mud collapsed from two strong earthquakes on Monday (June 11) that triggered a landslide in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, officials said.
A remote village in Baghlan province appeared to have taken the brunt of the damage, the provincial police chief said, adding that information was trickling in slowly from the site. More than 70 people were trapped in Dara Azara village, but he had no information about casualties so far.
A man who lost eight members of his family, 65-year-old Abdullah called on neighboring villages to help lift the rubble.
A quake measuring 5.4 struck the Hindu Kush region followed by a 5.7 aftershock, the United States Geological Survey said. It was centered 174 km (108 miles) north of Kabul, where the quake was also felt. At least 22 houses were destroyed and most of the missing are women and children.