The 2009 Afghanistan earthquake was a dip-slip doublet earthquake occurred in eastern Afghanistan, with an initial shock of magnitude of 5.2 at ;templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" / ;01:57:51 April 17 local time, with a second shock of 5.1 occurring several hours later. The maximum Mercalli intensity was VI ("Strong").
Damage.
The quakes struck a remote area about 50 miles (90 km) east of Kabul near the Pakistan border. A government representative told AP News that the quakes destroyed 200 mud homes in four villages that had damage that was described as serious.
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