In this Oct 12, 2023 photo, Afghan girls and women carry donated aid to their tents, while they are scared and crying from the fierce sandstorm, after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western of Afghanistan. Another strong earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. (PHOTO / AP)

HERAT, Afghanistan – A new tremor killed one person and injured 35 others in west Afghanistan's Herat province on Sunday, according to the provincial government.

"As a result of the earthquake, which rocked Herat at 8:06 am local time today, one person was killed and 35 injured persons have been shifted to hospital," the government said in a statement.

The number of casualties could go up, added the statement.

Locals also said that two tremors in a short span of minutes rocked Herat and its vicinity Sunday morning.

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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said the earthquake of magnitude 6.5 was at a depth of 10 km.

The epicenter was initially determined to be at 34.76 degrees north latitude and 62.16 degrees east longitude.

Two deadly quakes, each with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale, followed by several aftershocks, rocked west Afghanistan with an epicenter in the Zindajan district of Herat province on Oct 7, leaving over 2,000 dead and thousands more injured.

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Since Oct 7, Herat has been experiencing a series of tremors, forcing locals to stay and sleep on the public ground to escape possible devastating aftershocks.