At least 2,000 people have died from the chain of earthquakes that occurred on Saturday in the province Afghan from Heratin the northwest of the country, as confirmed by a spokesperson for the Taliban authorities, in what has become one of the worst catastrophes of this nature in the Central Asian country in the last two decades.

Already late on Saturday, the main spokesman of the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, advanced the implementation of a broad deployment of troops emergency rescue operations to alleviate the effects of the chain of earthquakes.

The chain of at least four earthquakes of a preliminary magnitude between 5.5 and 6.3, was recorded in the province in a radius of approximately 50 kilometers and was especially felt in the town of Zendejan, a town of about 10,000 inhabitants in the valley of the Hari Rud river.

All of the earthquakes shook the region within the space of just one hour, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The two most notable earthquakes, both of magnitude 6.3, occurred about 33 kilometers northeast of this town, with a hypocenter located respectively at 14 and 10 kilometers depth respectively. We must add a third earthquake of 5.5 to 29 kilometers from the town.

The fourth and last earthquake, of magnitude 5.9, was recorded 35 kilometers from Herat city, with a hypocenter at 7.7 kilometers.