Saturday morning's earthquake hit Zindajan, a rural district some 40km from Herat. Images from the villages show entire houses, which were too fragile to withstand the tremors, reduced to rubble.

The earthquake occurred early this morning at a shallow depth of 10 km with its epicenter about north of Herat city with no reports of damage or casualties so far.

Ahmadullah Muttaqi, spokesman and member of the Herat Earthquake Commission, said authorities worked with charities and ...