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List of earthquakes in Afghanistan

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Map of earthquakes in Afghanistan 1900– (map data)

This is a list ofearthquakes in Afghanistan. Fairly moderate earthquakes have been very destructive in the country, particularly during the21st century. Much of the population resides ininformal andadobe houses, which are vulnerable to earthquakes.^[1]

Tectonic setting

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Afghanistan is situated near the southern extent of theEurasian plate.^[2]

Earthquakes

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Date	Place	Lat	Lon	Deaths	Injuries	Mag.	MMI	Comments
2025-11-03	Balkh	36.589	67.484	31	1,156	6.2 M_w	VII		^[3]
2025-09-04	Kunar	34.719	70.791	2	41	5.6 M_w	VIII	Aftershock	^[4]^[5]
2025-08-31	Kunar	34.519	70.734	3,000	4,000	6.0 M_w	IX	Extreme damage	^[6]
2023-10-07	Herat	34.610	61.924	1,489	2,444	6.3 M_w	VIII	Four earthquakes and aftershocks/Extreme damage.	^[7]
2023-03-21	Badakhshan	36.523	70.979	21	424	6.5 M_w	V	Moderate damage, 21 deaths including 10 in Pakistan.	^[8]
2022-09-06	Badakhshan	36.649	70.629	6	9	4.8 M_w	III	Further damage	^[9]
2022-09-04	Kunar	34.662	70.701	18	42	5.1 M_w	VII	Moderate damage	^[10]
2022-07-18	Khost	33.108	69.470		44	5.1 M_w	V	Additional damage / aftershock	^[11]
2022-06-24	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan	33.017	69.538	5	11	4.2 M_w	VII	All deaths in Afghanistan / aftershock	^[12]
2022-06-21	Khost	33.092	69.514	1,163	2,976	6.2 M_w	IX	Extreme damage/landslides	^[13]
2022-05-24	Hindu Kush	36.118	70.293	2	1	4.9 M_w	VI	Minor damage	^[14]
2022-02-05	Hindu Kush	36.445	71.117	3		5.8 M_w	IV		^[15]
2022-01-17	Badghis	34.946	63.580	30	49	5.3 M_w	VI		^[16]
2018-01-31	Hindu Kush	36.54	70.82	2	22	6.1 M_w	IV
2016-04-10	Ishkashim			6	28	6.6 M_w	V
2015-10-26	Hindu Kush	36.52	70.37	399	2,536	7.5 M_w	VII
2013-04-24	Jalalabad-Mehtar Lam	34.53	70.22	18	130	5.6 M_w	V		^[17]
2012-06-11	Baghlan	36.05	69.30	75	-	5.4, 5.7	V	Doublet	^[18]
2010-04-18	Samangan	35.71	67.68	11	-	5.6	VI		^[19]
2009-10-22	Hindu Kush	36.52	70.95	5	-	6.2	V		^[20]
2009-04-16	NearKabul	34.19	70.08	19	51	5.2M_w	VI	Doublet
2005-12-12	Hindu Kush	36.28	71.11	5	1	6.5 M_w	V
2002-03-25	Hindu Kush	35.93	69.19	2,000	3,000	6.1 M_w	VII
2002-03-03	Hindu Kush	36.5	70.48	166	Some	7.4 M_w	VI
1999-02-11	Kabul	34.3	69.36	70	500	6.0 M_w	VI		^[21]
1998-05-30	Takhar	37.17	70.09	4,000–4,500	10,001	6.5 M_w	VI
1998-02-04	Takhar	37.17	70.14	2,323	818	5.9 M_w	VI
1994-05-01	Mazar-i-Sharif	36.901	67.163	160	330	6.1 M_w		Severe damage	^[22]
1991-04-20	Badakhshan	36.416	70.912			4.1 M_w	III	100 houses damaged	^[23]
1991-04-08	Badakhshan	37.457	68.273	1	6	5.5 M_w	VII	Moderate damage	^[24]
1991-01-31	Hindu Kush	35.99	70.42	848	200	6.9 M_w	VII	Extreme damage	^[25]
1990-07-13	Hindu Kush	36.415	70.789	43	2	6.4 M_w	IV	Deaths due to avalanche inTajikistan.	^[26]
1985-07-29	Hindu Kush	36.190	70.896	5	38	7.4 M_w	VIII	Severe damage inPakistan andTajikistan as well.	^[27]
1984-02-16	Hindu Kush	36.431	70.826	4	13	6.4 M_w	IV	Severe damage	^[28]
1984-02-01	Nangarhar	34.616	70.484	1	35	6.1	VII	Minor damage	^[29]
1983-12-31	Hindu Kush	36.37	70.34	12–26	60–483	7.2 M_b	VII	Severe damage	^[30]
1982-12-16	Baghlan	36.148	69.011	450	Many	6.6 M_s	VI	Severe damage	^[31]
1981-06-13	Samangan	36.176	67.827	1	2	5.5 M_w	VI		^[32]
1956-09-16	Logar	33.997	69.667			6.5 M_w	VIII		^[33]
1956-06-09	Bamyan	35.155	67.607	570–900	2,000–2,500	7.3 M_w	VII	Widely felt across the country	^[34]
1921-11-15	Hindu Kush	36.202	70.711			7.8 M_w	V		^[35]
1842-02-19	Jalalabad	34.4	70.5	500				Severe damage	^[36]
818-05-15	Hindu Kush	36.8	66.2	Many		7.5 M_s	VIII	Severe damage	^[37]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based onWikiProject Earthquakes'notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

Gallery

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A house collapsed inKhost Province by theJune 2022 Afghanistan earthquake.
A destroyed village inHerat by the2023 Herat earthquake.
Extreme damage inKunar Province by the2025 Kunar earthquake.
Damage to homes inSamangan Province by the2025 Balkh earthquake.

References

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^"PAGER". United States Geological Survey. 21 June 2022. Retrieved1 December 2022.
^Ambraseyes, N.; Bilham, R. (2003), "Earthquakes in Afghanistan",Seismological Research Letters,74 (2): 107,Bibcode:2003SeiRL..74..107A,doi:10.1785/gssrl.74.2.107
^ANSS."M 6.2 - 22 km WSW of Khulm, Afghanistan 2025".Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey.
^ANSS."M 5.6 - 36 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan 2025".Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey.
^Sirat, Siyar (4 September 2025)."Sources: One dead, 22 injured in new earthquake in eastern Afghanistan".Amu Television. Retrieved4 September 2025.
^ANSS."M 6.0 - 27 km ENE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan 2025".Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey.
^Health Cluster; World Health Organization (10 October 2023)."Afghanistan Earthquake in Herat Province, Health Situation Report No. 4 10 October 2023". ReliefWeb.Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved11 October 2023.
^"M 6.5 – 40 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. 21 March 2023. Retrieved24 March 2023.
^"M 4.8 – 30 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. 2 September 2022.
^"M 5.3 – 34 km NE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved2022-09-05.
^"M 5.1 – 49 km WNW of Khōst, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved18 July 2022.
^"M 4.3 – 49 km W of Miran Shah, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved24 June 2022.
^"M 5.9 – 46 km SW of Khōst, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved2022-06-22.
^"M 5.0 – 63 km SE of Farkhār, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey.
^"M 5.7 – 45 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey.
^"M 5.3 – 41 km E of Qala i Naw, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey.
^"67 Significant Earthquakes where Country = AFGHANISTAN". Retrieved21 March 2024.
^"Afghan quakes: Landslide killed 80, says governor". BBC News. 12 June 2012. Retrieved12 June 2012.
^"M5.6 – central Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey.
^"M6.2 – Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey.
^"M 6.0 – 27 km WNW of ?uk?mat? Azrah, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey.
^"M 6.1 – Central Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved2024-05-15.
^"M 4.1 – 50 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey.
^"M 5.5 – 14 km ESE of Boshchorbogh, Tajikistan". United States Geological Survey.
^NGDC 1972
^"M 6.4 – 50 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved13 October 2021.
^"M 7.4 – 75 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved2 November 2021.
^"M 6.4 – 48 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved2 November 2021.
^"M 6.1 – 21 km N of Jal?l?b?d, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved2 November 2021.
^NGDC 1972
^"M 6.6 – 14 km NW of Nahr?n, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved2 November 2021.
^"M 5.5 – 19 km WSW of Aībak, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved3 May 2023.
^ANSS."M 6.5 - 19 km S of ?uk?mat? Azrah, Afghanistan 1956".Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey.
^ANSS."M 7.3 - 42 km NNW of B?my?n, Afghanistan 1956".Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey.
^"M 7.8 – Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey. November 15, 1921. Retrieved2 November 2021.
^NGDC 1972
^NGDC 1972

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Rehman, Khaista; Ali, Wajid; Ali, Asghar; Ali, Aamir; Barkat, Adnan (2017), "Shallow and intermediate depth earthquakes in the Hindu Kush region across the Afghan-Pakistan border",Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,148:241–253,Bibcode:2017JAESc.148..241R,doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.09.005,ISSN 1367-9120
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v t e Earthquakes in Afghanistan
20th century	1956 Baghlan 1983 Hindu Kush 1990 Hindu Kush 1991 Hindu Kush February 1998 May 1998
21st century	2002 Hindu Kush April 2009 October 2009 2010 2012 2013 Laghman October 2015 Hindu Kush December 2015 Hindu Kush 2016 January 2022 June 2022 September 2022 2023 Badakhshan 2023 Herat 2025 Kunar 2025 Balkh