Afghans fear 80 dead after quake triggers landslide

Posted on 6/12/2012 by staffwriter

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan |
Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:58am EDT

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An earthquake in Afghanistan triggered a landslide which buried mud homes in a mountain village and rescuers feared at least 80 people had been killed, provincial officials said on Tuesday,

Two quakes with magnitudes of 5.4 and 5.7 struck mountainous northern Afghanistan on Monday, bringing a slide of mud and rocks down on the remote settlement.

The governor of Baghlan province

Article source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/12/us-afghanistan-quake-idUSBRE85B08L20120612