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A 4.0-kilometre (2.5 mi) deep earthquake measuring magnitude (M w ) 6.2 struck southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022 at 01:24:36 AFT (on 21 June 2022 at 20:54:36 UTC). [2] The earthquake had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). There were 1,052–1,163 deaths and 1,627–2,976 injured in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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.
January 2022 Afghanistan earthquakes: 5 27 6.1 Indonesia, West Sumatra: VIII (Severe) 4.9 25 February: 2022 Sumatra earthquake: 6 21 7.6 Papua New Guinea, Morobe: VIII (Severe) 116.0 10 September: 2022 Papua New Guinea earthquake: 7 18 5.1 Afghanistan, Kunar: VII (Very strong) 10.0 4 September: September 2022 Afghanistan earthquake: 8 11 7.0
In June 2022, a powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan, flattening stone and mud-brick homes. The quake killed at least 1,000 people and injured about 1,500.
And a 5.6 magnitude earthquake on January 17, 2022 struck Badghis, another western province near Herat bordering Turkmenistan, killed more than 20 people and reduced hundreds of brick homes to rubble.
The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in ...
An earthquake measuring M w 4.9, followed by a 5.3 M w mainshock struck Badghis Province, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2022. The earthquake led to a large number of casualties for the tremor's magnitude, with 30 dead and 49 injured.
The magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Wednesday was about 28 kilometers (17 miles) outside Herat, the provincial capital, and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.