Most of the fatalities are reported from the Kunar province. Several villages in the Nurgal district in Kunar are reported to be buried by earth and rock masses. The areas of Sawkay, Watapur, Manogi and Chapa Dara are also severely affected.
According to Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban regime, around 800 people have died in Kunar. From the neighboring Nangarhar, twelve fatalities are reported.
The number of dead and injured is high, and since the area is inaccessible, our teams are still working on the ground, says Health Minister Sharafat Zaman according to Times of India.
The relatively shallow quake (eight kilometers) had a magnitude of 6.0 and its center was 27 kilometers from Jalalabad, which is the country's fifth largest city. It occurred on Sunday and was followed by two aftershocks with magnitudes of 5.2 and 4.7, writes Tolo News.
Jalalabad is located near the mountainous border with Pakistan. Buildings are reported to have shaken both in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
