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June 11, 2012. Earthquake triggers landslide in northern Afghanistan

SOURCE: Altegrity Risk International

More than 70 people were trapped in rubble after houses made of mud collapsed from two strong earthquakes on June 11th that triggered a landslide in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, officials said. A remote village in Baghlan province appeared to have taken the brunt of the damage, the provincial police chief said, adding that information was trickling in slowly from the site of the quake. A quake measuring 5.4 struck the Hindu Kush region followed by a 5.7 aftershock, the United States Geological Survey said. It was centered 174 km (approximately 108 miles) north of Kabul, where the quake was also felt. Officials said 22 houses had been destroyed and most of the missing were women and children.