Powerful earthquake shakes west Afghanistan a week after devastating quakes hit same region
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region.
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![An injured Afghan man being brought to a hospital following earthquake in Herat on October 15, 2023. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook western Afghanistan on October 15, the US Geological Survey said, wracking the same region where more than 1,000 people were killed in tremors last week. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) A man pulls a stretcher with an injured man.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6996729.1697359362!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1725657156.jpg)
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region.