In the span of eight days, western Afghanistan was hit by three 6.3 magnitude earthquakes and their aftershocks leaving thousands dead. ... Photos show impact of devastating Afghanistan earthquakes.

A powerful earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, just a little over a week after thousands were killed by quakes and their aftermath in the same region. The U.S. Geological Survey said ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers were asking for all the international help they could get on Thursday after the catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people in the country's mountainous ...

Afghans gather the remains of earthquake victims from destroyed houses after a massive 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the western Herat region, in Herat city, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2023.

Earthquake energy spreads out in all directions from the fault rupture, weakening impacts with distance. The earthquake occurred at 1:24 a.m. local time in Afghanistan, when almost everyone was ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed two people in western Afghanistan on Oct. 15, 2023, with damaged prisons emptied and residents fleeing a region where tremors have claimed at least 1,000 lives ...

At least 1,023 people were reported killed in the earthquake and 1,663 injured across 11 villages in the Zindajan district of Afghanistan’s Herat province, while 516 remain missing, the U.N. said.

The earthquakes that struck on Saturday were followed by nearly 20 powerful aftershocks, with another 6.3-magnitude quake hitting the region on Wednesday.

The earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday morning measured magnitude 5.9, making it moderately strong. Every year, about 1,300 quakes of similar strength occur around the ...

Getting donations to Afghanistan earthquake victims will be far more difficult compared with other disasters due to sanctions against the country’s Taliban government and its troubled ...

Afghans stand by the bodies of relatives killed in an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2022. A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous ...