The magnitude 6.3 quake struck the Herat province, which has already been devastated by recent tremors.
    • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Given their enforcement of other hidebound traditions, they’ll probably continue to rebuild with the same deadly methods.

      "Unreinforced adobe construction with traditional building methods is the dominant style of rural construction across much of the Asian interior. Homes and other buildings consist of a thick flat or domed roof of dried mud supported by timber, siting on walls of mud brick or, in the case of the recently damaged villages in Afghanistan, of stone blocks cemented with dried mud.

      These building styles are well suited to the climatic conditions. They insulate from extreme heat and cold and make use of cheap and locally sourced materials. They are, however, susceptible to collapse from shaking, with the collapse of their heavy walls and roofs leading to high fatality rates."

      (From an article, August 2022, Temblor.net)

  • @tory@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    Seems like God might be upset with them.

    Or wait, do we only say that when bad things happen to nonbelievers?

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A new earthquake has hit western Afghanistan - several days after two large tremors in the region killed more than 1,000 people.

    In its report, the USGS said the epicentre of the latest tremor was 30km north-west of Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city close to the Iranian border.

    The tremor saw entire houses, which were too fragile to withstand the quake, reduced to rubble.

    Afghanistan has been reeling from an economic crisis since the Taliban takeover in 2021, when aid given directly to the government was stopped.

    The country is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.

    In June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless.

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