Shaken Earth, Shattered Lives: A Disaster Unfolds in Eastern Afghanistan
A Deadly Beginning On the night of 31 August 2025, a powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan—its epicenter in the remote Nurgal District, Kunar Province—at a depth of just 8–10 km. The quake unleashed brutal, violent shaking (Modified Mercalli Intensity IX) across regions including Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman, Nuristan, and Panjshir, devastating villages of fragile […]
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