Western media reported that the spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Health stated today, Monday, that the authorities have launched a wide-scale rescue operation and mobilized hundreds of people to help. The United States Geological Survey reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck Nangarhar Province in Eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan at 19:17 GMT, just before midnight local time. The agency stated that the epicenter was at a depth of 8 kilometers.
