Situation Overview

On 7 October 2023, round 11:03 am native time, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the western area of Afghanistan.
The epicenter was positioned 30km northeast of Zinda Jan District, Herat Province, with a depth of 14km. 1 Zinda Jan District is located within the central a part of Herat Province in Afghanistan and 45km away from Herat metropolis. At least eight aftershocks hit Herat Province inside 5 hours, together with those with the magnitude of 5.5 (11:19 a.m.), 6.3 (11:42 a.m.), and 5.9 (12:10 p.m.).

As per the preliminary report (as of seven October, 22:00 Kabul time), essentially the most affected province is Herat, and primarily 12 villages in Zinda Jan District, and Ghoryam District, and numerous villages in Gulran District and Kushak-e-Rabat Sanghi District.

According to OCHA Afghanistan, not less than 100 folks had been killed in eight villages of Zindajan District (Mahal Wardkah (20), Dasht Hows (15), Bahadorzai (14), Zoryan (13), Koshkak (12), Sar Boland (11), Sanjab (8), and Hilalzai (7)) and 500 had been injured, and lots of of them are in severe situation. More than 600 homes had been partially or totally broken. At least 4,200 folks (600 households) have been affected, together with 1,400 IPDs (300 households). Additionally, an estimated 300 households (2,100 folks) are reported to have been displaced to Herat City. The variety of casualties is anticipated to rise as search and rescue operations are ongoing all through.

There are a complete of 202 public well being amenities in Herat Province, together with one regional hospital (RH), 4 district hospitals (DHs), 24 complete well being facilities (CHCs), 56 fundamental well being facilities (BHCs), 57 sub well being facilities (SHCs) and 37 cellular well being groups (MHTs). More than 500 sufferers have been obtained in Herat Regional Hospital. A complete of 10 MHTs have been deployed to these affected areas to supply first support.