The Afghan earthquake has caused 255 people to die

According to the latest news from BBC, a local official told the BBC that a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that occurred at 1:24 on the 22nd local time had caused at least 255 deaths and more than 150 injuries (some part of the country (also some parties, and some of them were some of them. Foreign media call the earthquake level 6.1). The official also said that the number of deaths caused by earthquakes is still likely to rise.

It is reported that the earthquake occurs at about 44 kilometers from Horster, a city in southeast Afghanistan, which is close to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The European Mediterranean Earthquake Center said that Afghanistan, Pakistan and India have a sense of earthquakes. The U.S. Geological Survey stated that the earthquake records showed that the depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers. A spokesman for the Interim Government Afghanistan said in social media: "Unfortunately, a severe earthquake occurred in four regions in Pactica, causing hundreds of compatriots. , Prevent the disaster from worsening. "The US Cable Television News Network quoted the official Afghanistan media Bachtar News Agency, saying that Balmal, Ziroc, Nika, and Jiyang County of Pactica all reported casualties. A total of more than 500 people were injured.

At the scene of the earthquake, the picture intercepts from BBC News

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