Earthquake In Afghanistan: Earthquake caused colossal obliteration in Afghanistan, up until this point in excess of 1000 individuals have kicked the bucket.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan. According to disaster management officials, thousands of people have died in the country due to the earthquake. According to an official, 920 deaths have been reported so far.

Rescue operations in Afghanistan after the earthquake - Photo : AFGHAN GOVERNMENT NEWS AGENCY

The Earthquake in Afghanistan has caused extraordinary decimation. There was a tremor of 6.1 size. After this, there was just ruin and annihilation all around. As per an Afghan authority, in excess of 1000 individuals have passed on in this quake up to this point. This figure continues to increment. Simultaneously, in excess of 1500 individuals have likewise been accounted for harmed. As per authorities, many houses have additionally been annihilated because of the quake.

According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the quake was about 44 km from the city of Khost in Afghanistan and was at a depth of 51 km. This earthquake was so strong that people also felt tremors in Lahore, Multan, Quetta of neighboring Pakistan. Apart from this, there are reports of tremors being felt in India as well.

Earthquake  in pakistan

Prior on Tuesday night, quake quakes were felt in Pakistan as well. A seismic tremor of 6.1 extent happened here at 2:24 pm. It involves alleviation that no death toll or property has been accounted for in the seismic tremor in Pakistan. Aside from this, quake quakes were likewise felt in Malaysia late in the evening. The greatness of the quake was 5.1 here.

How does a Earthquake  occur?

The principal justification for the event of seismic tremors is the crash of plates inside the earth. There are seven plates inside the earth which are continually turning. At the point when these plates crash at some spot, there is a separation point zone and the edges of the surface are turned. Because of the curving of the sides of the surface, pressure develops there and the plates begin breaking. Because of the breaking of these plates, the energy inside discovers a way, because of which the earth shakes and we think of it as a tremor.

Earthquake Force

Seismic tremors with a greatness of under 2.0 on the Richter scale are classified as miniature and these quakes are not felt. 8,000 quakes of the miniature class on the Richter scale are recorded day to day all over the planet. Likewise, seismic tremors of extent 2.0 to 2.9 are kept in the minor class. 1000 such quakes happen consistently, even we don't regularly feel it. Extremely light classification quakes of size 3.0 to 3.9 are kept multiple times in a year. They are felt yet scarcely any mischief is finished by them.

Light classification seismic tremors with a greatness of 4.0 to 4.9 are recorded on the Richter scale around 6,200 times each year all over the planet. These quakes are felt and should be visible shaking of family things. Be that as it may, they cause irrelevant harm.