The following are excerpts from Aljazeera:
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the magnitude of the earthquake in the early hours of Wednesday was 5.9, revising an initial estimate at 6.1. The epicentre of the tremor was about 46km (27 miles) from the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border, the USGS said.
People are digging grave after grave.
It is raining also, and all houses are destroyed. People are still trapped under the rubble.
Said Muhammad Amin Huzaifa, head of the Information and Culture Department in hard-hit Paktika.
Earlier, interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi earlier said the death toll was likely to rise “as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details”.
Yaqub Manzor, a tribal leader from Paktika province, said survivors were mobilising to help those affected.
The local markets are closed and all the people have rushed to the affected areas.
He told AFP news agency by telephone.
Footage from Paktika province showed victims being carried into helicopters to be airlifted from the area. Images widely circulating online from the province showed destroyed homes, with residents going through the rubble.
Unfortunately, the quake hits at a time when Afghanistan is already suffering an economic crisis, with little access to basic needs and medical facilities, Paktin told Al Jazeera from Kabul.
Tremors could be felt in neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. However, there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the two countries.
The disaster comes as Afghanistan has been enduring a severe economic crisis since the Taliban took over in August last year, as US-led international forces withdrew after two decades of occupation.
In response to the Taliban takeover, many governments have imposed sanctions on Afghanistan’s banking sector and cut billions of dollars worth of development aid.
With only a handful of airworthy planes and helicopters left since the Taliban returned to power, any immediate response to the latest catastrophe is further limited.
Inter-agency assessment teams have already been deployed to a number of affected areas.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan tweeted.
The EU is monitoring the situation and stands ready to coordinate and provide EU emergency assistance to people and communities affected.
Tomas Niklasson, EU special envoy for Afghanistan, tweeted
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
[6] And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. [7] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. [8] All these are the beginning of sorrows.Matthew 24:6-8
The number of earthquakes around the world continue to increase at a steady pace, and this one has generated a lot of death thus far, that I am sure the numbers will increase as more debris and ruble is cleared.
As the global famine, death from the Covid shots and a plethora of other ailments, and wars, continue to increase; expect to see an even greater uptick in earthquakes, tsunamis, sinkholes, and volcanic erupts.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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It reminds me of an article I read about a possible big one right under Tokyo. The translation is weird, but it said:
“More than 6000 people will die if an earthquake occurs directly under the city
[May 26, 16:10]
It is said that a very big earthquake will occur in places such as Tokyo. This earthquake is called the “earthquake directly under the capital”. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wondered what kind of damage would be caused by the earthquake directly beneath the capital.
The most damaging is when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs at 6 pm in winter at a wind speed of 8 m. In 11 wards such as Koto Ward and Edogawa Ward, there are places where the seismic intensity 7 is large. In about 60% of the 23rd ward, there is a shaking with a seismic intensity of 6 or higher.
6,150 people will die and 93,400 will be injured. 82,200 buildings such as houses and buildings will be severely damaged by the shaking of the earthquake. 112,200 buildings will burn out in a fire.
The number of people dying is likely to be 3,500, or about 30% less than when Tokyo thought about it 10 years ago. The reason is that the number of buildings that are hard to break has increased in 10 years.”
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10013642281000/k10013642281000.html
Sounds like they are preparing our minds to get a big one in winter.
Won’t be long now. economies worldwide are on brink of total collapse, which will usher in the MOTB new monetary system under the antichrist.
On the increased earthquakes and tsunamis I’ve noticed everyday for the past 3 weeks that there are a number of small tremors under 3 on Richter scale in or around Puerto Rico in the Caribbean.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=16.9526,-67.4692&extent=19.88125,-65.20602&list=false
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Thank you, I didn’t hear about this one. Their leadership is so wicked that they don’t have real missionaries there to help like they did in the Burma-Nepal strike, and the little people suffer. One thing God’s going to make certain of in the time of Jacob’s trouble, Daniel’s 70th week, is that all those remote little people under craft sorcery & ritual, nicolaitan Babylonian power & control hear….and SEE …the truth. Of course, one of the blessings of the internet & cell phones is that you can send scripture & tracts in any language of the world to those seeking the truth. There’s a lot of Chrislam phoniness, but there are also Moslems hearing the truth & coming to faith in places like this. There is no assurance of salvation for any Muslim, & times like this with so much death & mortality & powerlessness of men to resist it can be times of great seeking for the true & living God. Whether now, or then, Revelation 11-14 KJB/AV….praying for many NOW to receive the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the scriptures with repentance not to be repented of, & to the new birth of God.
We’re getting closer and closer everyday!