Welcome to the News Hour. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan late Sunday night, devastating entire villages.

Thousands are believed to have been killed or injured with hundreds feared trapped under the rubble.

The quake's epicenter was in the eastern province of Coonar, over 100 miles from the capital of Kabul.

William Brangham has our report.

In a matter of seconds, a multi-story building in eastern Afghanistan reduced to rubble.

Through the night, people searched for their loved ones, often with their bare hands.

The morning revealed the scale of devastation.

Entire villages vanished, smashed into debris.

This is my village.

It's all collapsed now, he said.

A wounded man walked out after being trapped for hours. A child inconsolable over the loss of his family.

This was my brother's house and he, along with three of his children, were martyred.

My other brother, together with his sons, was also martyred there.

This is the condition of our home. Our dead are lying there on the ground.

Children are trapped under the rubble.

The elderly are under the rubble.

Young people are under the rubble.

We need help here.

But getting help to them is very difficult.

This is rough, unforgiving terrain, challenging to access even in the best of times.

The quake was shallow, barely five to eight miles down, and the shaking collapsed, unreinforced

mud and brick homes, leaving a wide trail of destruction.

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