The Afghanistan Earthquake has caused lots of trauma. It happened on October 7, 2023. Afghanistan is very fragile to earthquakes. 

The fault, which is located on Herat, causes rumbles and creates earthquakes. Around 4,000 people died or got injured. Many peoples houses or villages got destroyed. The Earthquake hit Zenda Jan pretty badly. 

 The Saturday quake, which was the most deadly this year, hit 35 km or 20 miles. It reached 6.3 in magnitude. The International Rescue Committee will be helping Afghanistan. 

 This happened due to the Arabian Plate to the west and the oblique subduction of the Indian Plate in the east. They both descended from each other which caused the trauma.

 “Cultural norms make it impossible for women to share a tent with neighbors or other families”, the U.N. agency said in its update published Thursday. This causes shelter issues after homes have been destroyed.

“Children and women accounted for the vast majority of the at least 1,482 people who died in the quakes as they were more likely to have been indoors when the disasters struck,” according to aid officials.