Afghanistan earthquake kills eight members of same family

The household’s only survivor was a boy aged around two years old, who was injured in the tremor.An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara area of Kabul-province" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="94604" data-entity-type="location">Kabul province.Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman said on Saturday that a child aged around two years old was the only survivor. Afghanistan’s disaster management agency said the boy was injured.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Did restrictions on women workers hamper Afghanistan’s earthquake response?list 2 of 4Earthquake kills at least 20 people in northern Afghanistanlist 3 of 4Video: Afghanistan’s Blue Mosque damaged in earthquakelist 4 of 4Nine in 10 Afghan families skip meals, take on debt: UNDPend of listThe 5.8-magnitude quake struck at 8:42pm local time (16:12 GMT) on Friday at a depth of 186km (115 miles). The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicentre was in the northeastern province of Badakhshan.The capital Kabul is about 290km (180 miles) southwest of the epicentre.There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in areas closer to the epicentre. The province is remote so it can often take several hours before local authorities can relay information back to Kabul.Strong tremors were felt in multiple parts of Afghanistan, including Kabul and the Indian capital New Delhi, witnesses told the Reuters news agency.Pakistan also felt the quake, including in the capital Islamabad and Peshawar, Chitral, Swat and Shangla. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.Previous quakesAfghanistan is frequently jolted by earthquakes along the Hindu Kush mountain range – near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. On average, 560 people are killed by quakes there every year.The deadliest tremor in the country’s recent history struck last August. The shallow magnitude 6 earthquake in eastern Afghanistan wiped out mountain villages, killing at least 2,200 people