5.3M Earthquake Kills at Least 26 in Afghanistan, Officials Say

A file image of a family clearing rubble from their house after it was damaged by an earthquake in the Behsud district of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province on Oct. 28, 2015. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 26 people, officials said.

Baz Mohammad Sarwary, a spokesperson for the Qadis district in the western province of Badghis, told AFP that the victims were killed when the quake caused residential roofs to collapse. Four others were injured, he said.