{"id":52121,"date":"2025-08-31T23:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/powerful-earthquake-rocks-afghanistans-kunar-at-least-10-killed\/31\/08\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T23:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:35:47","slug":"powerful-earthquake-rocks-afghanistans-kunar-at-least-10-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/powerful-earthquake-rocks-afghanistans-kunar-at-least-10-killed\/31\/08\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful earthquake rocks Afghanistan\u2019s Kunar, at least 10 killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_1b5ijb8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.<\/span><\/span><\/button><span class=\"aisummary_textShimmer__8Tdxq\">Generate Key Takeaways<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Expand Key Takeaways\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"_R_5ijb8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_\" class=\"stretched-box text-batcave hover:text-grape-jelly focus:text-grape-jelly dark:text-bob dark:hover:text-thanos dark:focus:text-thanos\" id=\"_R_5ijb8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M6 6.897 3.547 4.443a.5.5 0 0 0-.699.002.493.493 0 0 0-.001.699L6 8.298l3.155-3.155a.497.497 0 0 0-.001-.7.493.493 0 0 0-.7 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck eastern Afghanistan, with early reports indicating that at least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tremor shook the Kunar province at about midnight on Monday, local sources told Al Jazeera, with significant damage reported across several districts in the mountainous area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sources said the toll was preliminary and that figures are likely to rise as assessments continue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Al Jazeera\u2019s Kamal Hyder, reporting from neighbouring Pakistan, said the epicentre of the quake was recorded in the village of Kunar, and that aftershocks have been felt repeatedly in the ensuing hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cKunar is a mountainous territory bordering Pakistan, and this area is prone to earthquakes. Kunar is situated right next to Badakshan, which is a seismic zone, and there are frequent earthquakes there that also shake Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNormally, these earthquakes are quite deep and, therefore, do not cause much damage. But this particular earthquake was of magnitude 6.0 and was at a shallow depth, between 8 to 10 kilometres [5-6.2 miles]. This means it would have a more devastating effect, given that most of the construction in the Kunar area is poor. It\u2019s normally mud houses, or built by rock,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>More soon\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/powerful-earthquake-rocks-afghanistan-kunar-030714809.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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