Timeline of Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquakes since 2015

The state is prone to earthquakes owed to its determination adjacent the gathering constituent betwixt the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

More than 800 radical person been killed and implicit 2,500 wounded aft a almighty earthquake deed the eastbound Kunar state of Afghanistan.

Due to its mountainous surroundings, Afghanistan is prone to tremors arsenic it is located adjacent the gathering constituent betwixt the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which are a highly progressive seismic zone.

Here is simply a timeline of the deadliest earthquakes that person shaken the state implicit the past decade:

August 31, 2025

A magnitude 6 earthquake deed the country’s eastbound provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar astir midnight connected Sunday (19:30 GMT connected Sunday).

At slightest 600 radical were killed successful Kunar and 12 successful Nangarhar, according to Interior Ministry spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen.

Rescue operations are inactive nether mode arsenic the earthquake destroyed respective villages, said Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry.

October, 2023

Three earthquakes rocked Herat state successful October 2023, successful 1 of the country’s deadliest earthy disasters successful years.

On October 7, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck occidental Afghanistan’s Herat province.

Three days later, connected October 11, different magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the province, and connected October 15, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake was recorded.

According to the British Red Cross Society, astatine slightest 2,445 radical were killed successful these earthquakes.

March 21, 2023

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the northeastern state of Badakhshan, adjacent the borderline with Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

At slightest 13 radical were killed.

September 2022

Two earthquakes – magnitude 5.1 and magnitude 4.6 – deed the neighbouring provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar successful northeastern Afghanistan.

At slightest 8 radical were reported killed.

June 22, 2022

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake deed eastbound Afghanistan’s provinces of Paktika, Paktia, Khost, and Nangarhar.

The catastrophe killed much than 1,000 radical arsenic respective homes collapsed.

January 17, 2022

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 5.3 shallow earthquake struck successful Qadis territory of Badghis state successful occidental Afghanistan.

At slightest 26 radical were killed.

October 26, 2015

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck adjacent the Hindu Kush portion successful northeastern Afghanistan.

According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), 117 radical were killed.

The IFRC reported, citing Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, that 272 radical were killed portion tremors were felt successful galore different countries.

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