Helicopter response after the magnitude-5.9 earthquake in Afghanistan, June 2022. Because there was no dense seismic network to estimate the level of ground shaking experienced in underdeveloped mountain regions that are also vulnerable to landslides, the extent of the damage was not clear for several hours. For this event, LastQuake collected 50 reports in 8 minutes, which was required to run researchers’ model to estimate initial damage. Credit: Tasnim News Agency via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

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Helicopter response after the magnitude-5.9 earthquake in Afghanistan, June 2022. Because there was no dense seismic network to estimate the level of ground shaking experienced in underdeveloped mountain regions that are also vulnerable to landslides, the extent of the damage was not clear for several hours. For this event, LastQuake collected 50 reports in 8 minutes, which was required to run researchers' model to estimate initial damage. Credit: Tasnim News Agency via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Helicopter response after the magnitude-5.9 earthquake in Afghanistan, June 2022. Because there was no dense seismic network to estimate the level of ground shaking experienced in underdeveloped mountain regions that are also vulnerable to landslides, the extent of the damage was not clear for several hours. For this event, LastQuake collected 50 reports in 8 minutes, which was required to run researchers’ model to estimate initial damage. Credit: Tasnim News Agency via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

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