Western Afghanistan was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Wednesday morning following a previous earthquake that killed 2,000 people in the Herat province.
The Wednesday earthquake was about 17 miles outside Herat, the capital city of the province, and reached six miles deep. It caused a landslide that blocked the main highway in the region, according to the country’s government. It is thought to have killed at least one person and injured 120 others.
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All 700 homes in the village of Chahak were flattened by the earthquake. Herat Regional Hospital received 117 injured patients, according to Doctors Without Borders.
The previous earthquake, which occurred on Saturday, destroyed the entire village of Naib Rafi about 40 miles northwest of the capital, toppling roughly 300 homes. Among the survivors were men who were outside working. When they returned to their homes, they had to pull the bodies of their children and wives from the rubble.
Ebrahim Noroozi, an Associated Press photographer based in Kabul, was dispatched to the area to take photographs of the aftermath.
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