Frequent Earthquakes Shake Afghanistan and Pakistan in Recent Years

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Over 800 individuals have lost their lives, and more than 2,500 are injured following a magnitude 6 earthquake that struck the remote eastern region of Afghanistan. This event marks the latest increase in seismic activity in the area.

Historical data from recent years in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, situated at the convergence of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, includes:

2025

August 27: Magnitude 5.6 quake in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region.
August 19: Magnitude 5.2 quake at a depth of 186 km in Hindu Kush.
June 29: Magnitude 5.5 earthquake centered in central Pakistan at a depth of 149 km.
May 10: Magnitude 5.7 tremor across Pakistan, as reported by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
April 16 & 19: Magnitude 5.6 and 5.8 quakes along the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
April 12: Magnitude 5 quake at 39 km depth in Pakistan.
March and June: Karachi, Pakistan’s southern port city, experienced several minor tremors.

2024

October 17: Magnitude 5.5 quake in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush.
September 11: A 5.75 magnitude quake at 10 km depth in Pakistan.
March 19–20: Magnitude 5.5 and 5.8 earthquakes in Pakistan.
February 19: A 5.5 magnitude quake in northwestern Kashmir.
January 11: A considerable 6.3 magnitude quake in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush.
January 5: Earthquake of 5 magnitude along the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.

2023

November 15: 5.3 magnitude quake near Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
October: Multiple earthquakes shaking Afghanistan, resulting in numerous fatalities.
August 6: 5.1 magnitude quake at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
May 3 & August 5: Earthquakes of 5.6 and 5.7 in the Hindu Kush.
March: A significant 6.5 magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan, causing at least 13 deaths.

2022