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This is a list of earthquakes in Afghanistan. Fairly moderate earthquakes have been very destructive in the country, particularly in the years 1998 , 2002 and 2023 . This can be blamed on the population residing in mostly informal and adobe houses, which are extremely vulnerable to earthquake shaking.
KABUL (Reuters) -Aftershocks continue to be felt in the area hit by a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan last week and the area remains unsafe for survivors, a senior Afghan official said on Monday ...
The earthquake was initially reported inaccurately as M w 7.7. [8] Shaking was felt over an area 1,000 km (620 mi) wide by approximately 285 million people in Pakistan , India , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Afghanistan , and Turkmenistan , according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre .
At least 18 people died and 42 others were injured. [5] [6] It was felt in Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, Kabul and other nearby provinces.The Ministry of Information and Culture said that at least nine fatalities were reported in the Mazar Dara and Shalat areas of Nurgal District in Kunar province.
Four large earthquakes measuring M ww 6.3 each and their aftershocks affected Herat Province in western Afghanistan in early October 2023. The first two earthquakes occurred on 7 October at 11:11 AFT and 11:42 AFT near the city of Herat, followed by many aftershocks. On 11 and 15 October, two other magnitude 6.3 earthquakes struck the same area.
An explosion went off near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, causing casualties, a Taliban police spokesman said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the ...
The earthquake was also felt in New Delhi, in both Pakistan's Azad Kashmir territory, and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and as far as Lucknow and in the prefectures of Kashgar, Aksu, Hotan, and Kizilsu in Xinjiang, China while damage was also reported in Afghan capital Kabul. [8] [16] The earthquake was also felt in the Nepalese capital ...
KABUL (Reuters) -A suicide bomber killed one person and wounded three in an attack near government offices in Kabul on Thursday, an official spokesman said, the second explosion in Afghanistan ...