A Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes the southeastern Afghanistan region, Reuters reports citing the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ).
The quakes come a day after a major earthquake in northern Afghanistan killed at least 1,400 people and caused widespread damage.
A 6.0-magnitude quake struck late Sunday night in several provinces, flattening villages and leaving people trapped under the rubble of homes constructed mostly of mud bricks and wood, unable to withstand the shock.
Chief Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid had said on X on Tuesday that 1,411 people were killed and 3,124 people were injured in the hard-hit province of Kunar alone.
United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan Indrika Ratwatte had said that earthquake could affect “hundreds of thousands”.
According to the USGS, the epicentre of the Sunday night’s earthquake was about 27 kilometres (17 miles) from Jalalabad and struck just eight kilometres below the Earth’s surface.
