Highlights
Approximately 88% of assessments (of the estimated 1,632 affected villages) are complete.
IOM assessment of the data collected will facilitate gap analysis.Verified reports indicate: 115 fatalities; 524 people injured; 11,616 homes damaged and 6,929 houses destroyed.
Assessments indicate 130,093 people are in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 67,640 people have received some form of assistance so far.
More than 50,000 people were affected in Badakhshan, where property damage was most extensive. The earthquake claimed the most lives and caused the most casualties in Kunar and Nangarhar.
Access remains the most significant challenge in providing assistance to people in need and is an issue reaching at least 195 villages affected by the quake.
130,093 People affected by the natural disaster
67,640 People received some form of assistance
18,545 Houses damaged or destroyed
88% of joint assessments are completed.
195 Villages with access challenges
Situation Update
For more information, see “background on the crisis” at the end of the report and Situation Report No. 1 and Situation Report No. 2.
Efforts to assess the damage and respond to the needs of earthquake-affected communities continue in districts that are difficult to access due to insecurity, the rugged topography and the onset of extreme winter weather. Assessments have not yet been completed in Kunduz Province, where armed conflict between anti-government elements and Government forces forced the evacuation of most of the city’s residents late in September. Although earthquakerelated needs are not yet known in Kunduz Province, it has been reported that at least two districts were affected.
Assessments also are pending in four districts of Badakhshan Province. Meanwhile, joint inter-agency assessment teams in the Eastern Region have managed to access several areas that are under the control of non-state armed actors in earthquake-affected provinces of the Eastern Region. Response activities to 271 families commenced in the North Eastern Region province of Samangan during the reporting period.
A National Disaster Management Committee Meeting was convened on 10 November, at which the State Minister responsible for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs confirmed that the two most severely-affected districts in Badakhshan Province, Jorm and Yamgan, will be prioritised for targeted cash assistance. The Independent Directorate of Local Governance reported at the meeting that Provincial Governors were generally content with earthquake response activities thus far in their respected areas. It was noted that several schools and government buildings, including a prison in Takhar Province were damaged during the quake and will require immediate rehabilitation. Government facilities are not yet fully operational in Kunduz Province.
Although initial reports indicated that no Eastern Region health facilities had been damaged by the earthquake, during this reporting period, assessments have recorded some damage to approximately 21 health facilities, with estimate repair costs of approximately USD105,000 (Source: SCA, AADA, and PU-AMI).
With snow falling in some quake-affected areas, the provision of emergency shelter to affected communities, particularly in remote and hard to reach areas, remains a priority. Security-related access constraints in the Warduj and Raghestan districts of Badakhshan are being monitored.