Overview

• The USGS reports the quake struck near Jalalabad at 23:47 local time at a depth of about 8 km, followed by magnitude 4.5 and 5.2 aftershocks.
• Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry attributes 610 deaths to Kunar and 12 to Nangarhar, with more than 1,500 injured and extensive home collapses reported.
• Kunar’s disaster agency cites heavy casualties across the districts of Nur Gul, Soki, Watpur, Manogi and Chapadare.
• Provincial police say landslides have cut mountain roads, leaving some areas reachable only by helicopter.
• Taliban officials say local teams are responding and have asked international organizations for helicopters, as volunteers in Nangarhar rush to donate blood.