Why the Afghanistan earthquake was so deadly

  • 18 hours ago
  • News
  • Duration 1:34

More than 1,000 people have been killed and entire villages wiped out in Afghanistan — all from a 6.0-magnitude earthquake. CBC seismologist Johanna Wagstaffe reports on why this ‘moderate’ quake turned catastrophic, and how geology, building codes and remote villages combined to make the disaster so deadly.

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