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A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500.
Earthquake survivors search through the remains of a damaged house in Tashqurghan in the Khulm district of Samangan province. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500.
People search through the debris of damaged buildings. [Reuters]
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500.
Falling rocks along a highway damaged a truck. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500.
Shopkeepers search through the rubble of their shops along a highway. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500.
The quake damaged or destroyed 800 houses in one village in the Shahr-e-Bozorg district, says Ihsanullah Kamgar, spokesperson for the Badakhshan provincial police headquarters. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500.
Yousaf Hammad, a spokesperson for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, says most of the injured suffered minor wounds and were discharged after treatment. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500.
Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, says 534 injured people and 20 bodies had been brought to hospitals in Balkh and Samangan provinces. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500.
Afghanistan is particularly vulnerable to quakes because it lies on two active faults that have the potential to shift and cause extensive damage. [Atif Aryan/AFP]
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From: NewsFeed

Video: Afghanistan’s Blue Mosque damaged in earthquake

Video shows earthquake damage to Afghanistan’s shrine of Mazar-i-Sharif, also known as The Blue Mosque.

Published On 3 Nov 2025
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Video Duration 00 minutes 58 seconds 00:58
From: NewsFeed

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkiye

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit western Turkiye Monday night, causing at least three buildings to collapse.

Published On 27 Oct 2025
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
Jesiel Malinao, 34, who survived the magnitude 6.9 earthquake, sits between the coffins of her two children during their wake in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines. [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
Officials say the earthquake damaged or destroyed 87 buildings and nearly 600 houses and affected more than 170,000 people. [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
The Philippines sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" - an earthquake-prone belt of volcanoes stretching from South America to the Russian Far East. It experiences more than 800 earthquakes each year. [Ted Aljibe/AFP]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
The damaged Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima Church after Tuesday's strong earthquake in Daanbantayan, Cebu, central Philippines. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
Earthquake survivor Bryan Sinangote speaks on the phone. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
Survivors of Tuesday's earthquake charge their phones in San Remigio, Cebu province. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
Survivors stay at an evacuation centre in San Remigio. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
Residents retrieve their belongings from a collapsed residential building. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
Mothers with their newborns stay in a makeshift maternity ward outside a hospital in fear of aftershocks in Bogo. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in Philippines as recovery efforts shift
Coffins of residents who died in the earthquake lie next to each other in Bogo. [Ezra Acayan/Getty Images]
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