The death toll from the earthquakes that occurred in Herat and neighboring provinces in western Afghanistan has risen to 2,445 people, Herat authorities said on Sunday evening.

The worst-hit area is the Zanda Jan district of Herat, where “13 villages were completely destroyed,” said Mawlawi Musa Achari, director of the Herat State National Disaster Management Authority.

Earlier the same day, National Disaster Management Authority spokesman Mullah Janan Shayeq said that more than 9,200 people were injured during the earthquakes.

According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, two 6.2-magnitude earthquakes struck Afghanistan on Saturday. The first tremor occurred at approximately 11:10 local time (06:40 GMT).