{"id":104831,"date":"2023-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=9598cdbaf9bbc181f93e93b1c67489b3"},"modified":"2023-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"powerful-6-3-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-west-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/powerful-6-3-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-west-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes West Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
Islamabad, A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after a strong quake and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The US Geological Survey said the latest quake’s epicenter was about 34 kilometers outside Herat, the provincial capital, and 8 kilometers below the surface.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There were no immediate official reports of possible casualties or damage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The October 7 earthquake flattened whole villages in Heart; it was one of the most destructive quakes in the country\u2019s recent history.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
More than 90% of the people killed a week ago were women and children, UN officials reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Saudi Press Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad, A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after a strong quake and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region, the Associated Press reported.The US…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n