In Afghanistan, the number of victims and victims of the earthquake has exceeded 500

The number of injured as a result of the earthquake in northern Afghanistan was 534, and more than 20 died. This was announced on November 3 by Sharafat Zaman Amarheil, a spokesman for the country's Ministry of Public Health.

"As a result of the earthquake in Samangan and Balkh, more than 20 people were killed and 534 injured. Medical teams are at the scene," he wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

The representative of the department added that the data is not final, and the number of victims may increase. All hospitals in the surrounding areas are in full readiness to receive the wounded.

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More than 60 people became victims, many still remain under the rubble.

Earlier in the day, the seismological monitoring center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan recorded a powerful earthquake in the center of Afghanistan with a magnitude of 6.8. The force of the tremors was felt on the territory of the republic. At least 20 people were killed — residents of the northern city of Mazar-I-Sharif. The blue Mosque located there received partial damage.

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