MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Ghulam Mahmoodi was sleeping with his six relatives in their house’s single bedroom when a powerful tremor jolted him from bed early Monday.

He grabbed two of his daughters, and they rushed outside into the thick of northern Afghanistan’s night. Then, Mahmoodi, 40, went back inside to rescue his mother and his wife.

But their third daughter, Zainab, remained stuck under debris: The hill overlooking their house had collapsed on its roof, and hours later, Zainab, 10, was declared dead.

The 6.3 magnitude quake that struck northern Afghanistan just before 1 a.m. local time Monday killed at least 20 people, injured more than 520 others and damaged countless buildings, including one of the country’s most iconic landmarks, according to Afghan authorities. It was t

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