Posted on 10/16/2023 5:24:50 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 at 03:36 UTC (08:06 local time) on October 15, 2023. The agency is reporting a depth of 8 km (5 miles). This region of Afghanistan was hit by a total 4 of M6.3 earthquakes (USGS) since October 7 when twin M6.3s killed more than 2 400 people.
The epicenter was located 30.2 km (18.7 miles) NNW of Herāt (population 574 300), 41.2 km (25.6 miles) N of Chahār Burj (population 11 935), 44.7 km (27.8 miles) NE of Zindah Jān (population 10 104), Herat, Afghanistan.
There were no immediate official reports of possible casualties or damage.
The USGS issued an Orange alert for shaking-related fatalities. Significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. Past events with this alert level have required a regional or national level response.
A Yellow alert was issued for economic losses. Some damage is possible. Estimated economic losses are less than 1% of GDP of Afghanistan.
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What's so hard about that?
Wake up!
Reading like the book of Isaiah…
... it’s the will of Allah ....
I wonder if they’re foreshocks of a much larger upcoming quake.
Insh’allah.
The reason why Islam is a loser religion.
Somebody in the neighborhood doing some underground nuke testing?
Pakistan?
Iran?
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000lfn5/executive
34.609°N 62.112°E
6.3 km depth for those who think that this is underground nuclear testing.
I’d guess the Mullahs, but who knows.
Yeah, but who knows what setting off an underground Nuke a few hundred miles away might shake loose in an earthquake prone area.
Damages have been updated to almost a HUNDRED dollars.
Afghanistan has an economy to worry about losses over?
The will of Allah? Why am I laughing.
It’s probably back to mostly the opium trade, now. Kinda hard for an earthquake to hurt that, unless it does this:
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