Overview
- The US Geological Survey recorded five aftershocks late Thursday and Friday morning, with the most powerful measuring magnitude 5.6.
- Afghanistan's disaster authority said the tremors were felt across eight eastern provinces, and some were felt in Kabul and Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
- United Nations estimates put the death toll from the earlier main quake at about 2,200, with nearly 4,000 injured and roughly 7,000 homes destroyed.
- Search and rescue operations continue, but landslides and damaged roads have cut off several villages, and authorities warn casualty counts could rise.
- Thousands of survivors are sleeping outdoors out of fear of unstable buildings, with a local official reporting scenes of panic in Laghman province.