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Afghanistan: Earthquake: 2005/10/23
GLIDE: EQ-2005-000181-AFG
| Period | 2005/10/23 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Afghanistan |
| Event Type | Earthquake |
| Outline | An earthquake destroyed homes and killed five people near Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
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Reuters AlertNet 2005/10/23
An earthquake hit southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing five people and affecting six villages in the province of Paktika, a defence ministry official said.
CNN NEWS 2005/10/23
Pakistan's Seismological Center in the city of Peshawar said two quakes were registered along the border area early Sunday. One was a magnitude-5.2 and hit just after midnight local time. The other, a magnitude-4.9 quake, struck at dawn.