Afghanistan earthquake

← This is a list of earthquakes in 2023. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties. All dates are listed according to Compared to other years [ ] Number of earthquakes worldwide for 2013–2023 Magnitude 2023 8.0–9.9 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 7.0–7.9 17 11 18 16 6 16 9 9 16 11 14 6.0–6.9 123 143 127 131 104 118 135 111 141 117 50 5.0–5.9 1,460 1,580 1,413 1,550 1,447 1,671 1,484 1,315 2,046 1,603 657 4.0–4.9 11,877 15,817 13,777 13,700 10,544 12,782 11,897 12,135 14,643 13,707 5,623 Total 13,480 17,552 15,336 15,397 12,102 14,589 13,530 13,572 16,849 15,438 6,343 By death toll [ ] Rank Death toll Magnitude Location Depth (km) Date Event 1 59,259 7.8 XII ( Extreme) 10.0 February 6 2 7.5 X ( Extreme) 10.0 3 21 6.5 V ( Moderate) 187.6 March 21 4 18 6.8 VII ( Very Strong) 65.8 March 18 5 11 6.3 IX ( Violent) 16.0 February 20 Listed are earthquakes with at least 10 dead. By magnitude [ ] Rank Magnitude Death toll Location Depth (km) Date Event 1 7.8 59,259 XII ( Extreme) 10.0 February 6 2 7.7 0 IV ( Light) 18.0 May 19 - 3 7.6 0 VI ( Strong) 105.2 January 9 3 7.6 0 VI ( Strong) 210.1 May 10 - 5 7.5 - X ( Extreme) 10.0 February 6 6 7.2 0 VI ( Strong) 167.4 June 15 - 7 7.1 0 VIII ( Severe) 34.0 April 24 - 7 7.1 0 VIII ( Severe) 29.0 April 24 - 7 7.1 0 IV ( Light) 36.0 May 20 - 10 7.0 0 VII ( Very strong) 29.0 January 8 - 10 7.0 8 VII ( Very strong) 70 April 2 10 7.0 0 V ( Moderate) 28.6 January 18 - 10 7.0 1 V ( Mod...

“It felt like there was a huge explosion,” Khan, 45, told NBC News. The farmer from the remote, mountainous Paktika province near the Pakistani border added that he was thrown to the floor several times by the quake, which according to the United States Geological Survey was a magnitude 5.9. He said his son Nabiullah, 7, and his three daughters — Lila, 4; Amina, 3; and Nazia, 2 — and mother, Guljama, 65, were killed. Other members of his family were being treated in hospital, “but they are not in a good condition because there isn’t enough medication in the facility,” he said. “We’re looking to transfer them to somewhere else,” he added. An Afghan child is treated at a hospital in Sharan after an earthquake in the Gayan district of Paktika province Wednesday. Ahmad Sahel Arman / AFP - Getty Images Officials from Footage from villages tucked among the rough mountains showed residents picking through the rubble of collapsed homes, and it is feared that many could be trapped under collapsed buildings. Zarinullah Shah said a large percentage of his community in the Barmal district of the Paktika province had lost family members. “In our area, the majority of the houses were built with mud,” said Shah, 47, adding that most of the buildings where he lived had been damaged or destroyed and around 300 families had lost their homes. As a result, he said they had no choice but to spend the night in the open. Thousands were in desperate need of tents, blankets, food and medicine, he ...

KABUL, Jan 5 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, causing strong shaking in parts of the country, including the capital, Kabul, officials and witnesses said. The quake struck at a depth of 189 km (117 miles), according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences. Strong shaking was felt in Islamabad, parts of northwestern Pakistan and as far away as New Delhi, Reuters witnesses in each location said. Close to the epicentre in the northern province of Badakhshan the tremors were "very strong" and authorities were verifying whether they had caused any damage or casualties, provincial official Mahzudden Ahmadi told Reuters. "It was too strong. In the beginning we did not leave, but later when it got strong, we left (the room). It lasted about 30-40 seconds," Ashraf Nael, 28, from Faizabad city in Badakhshan said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, however. Last year,

Islamabad Show map of Pakistan 2022-06-21 20:54:36 USGS- Localdate 2022-06-22 ( 2022-06-22) Localtime 01:24:36 ( 01:54:36 ( Magnitude 6.2 M w Depth 4.0km (2.5mi) Epicenter 33°01′N 69°28′E / 33.02°N 69.46°E / 33.02; 69.46 Type Max. intensity Severe) Aftershocks At least 30, largest is a 5.1 M ww Casualties 1,052–1,163 killed, 1,627–2,976 injured A 4.0-kilometre (2.5mi) deep w) 6.2 struck southeastern Severe). There were 1,052–1,163 deaths and 1,627–2,976 injured in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Earthquake [ ] One hour after the mainshock, a mb 4.5 ww 5.1, centred in ww 5.1 aftershock injured at least 44 people and destroyed 600 homes Intensity [ ] A maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe) was estimated by the USGS. According to the USGS Very strong) shaking. Moderate–Strong) was felt in the Barmal District. Impact [ ] Afghanistan [ ] More than 25 villages were nearly decimated. Schools, hospitals, homes and mosques collapsed. Among the fatalities, 738 were from In In Khost Province, at least 600 homes were destroyed. Thirty Pakistani Pakistan [ ] In Pakistan, 10 people were killed and 25 others injured when a landslide buried a village in Khaisor, Aftermath [ ] Homeless survivors sought refuge outdoors. Due to unpredictable weather conditions many were in desperate need of shelter. Others were invited to reside in the homes of their families or community members. Survivors dug through rubble by hand to rescue those trapped. Eighty-five percent of medical infrastru...

New Delhi: Tremors were felt in Delhi and parts of north India after a 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir this afternoon. The earthquake that struck moments after 1:30 pm lasted for a few seconds, but no damages have been reported yet. "Earthquake of Magnitude: 5.4, Occurred on 13-06-2023, 13:33:42 IST, Lat: 33.15 & Long: 75.82, Depth: 6 Km, Location: Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, India," tweeted National Center for Seismology. Earthquake of Magnitude:5.4, Occurred on 13-06-2023, 13:33:42 IST, Lat: 33.15 & Long: 75.82, Depth: 6 Km ,Location: Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, India for more information Download the BhooKamp App Tremors were felt in Pakistan's Lahore too. Several people took to Twitter to share the update and posted memes recalling the numerous such incidents in the recent past.

Hundreds of people The magnitude 5.9 tremor in the early hours of Wednesday flattened hundreds of homes in the southeastern provinces of Paktika and Khost, killing at least 920 people and injuring some 600. Afghanistan has a long history of earthquakes, many in the mountainous Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Below is a list of powerful quakes that have caused fatalities over the past 30 years: • 1991, Hindu Kush: An earthquake in the rugged Hindu Kush killed 848 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Soviet Union. • 1997, Qayen: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake on the border of Afghanistan and Iran killed more than 1,500 people in both countries, and completely destroyed more than 10,000 homes. • February 1998, Takhar: The earthquake in the remote northeastern province of Takhar killed at least 2,300 people, with some estimates ranging as high as 4,000. • May 1998, Takhar: Another tremor of magnitude 6.6 in the same region killed 4,700. • 2002, Hindu Kush: Twin earthquakes in the Hindu Kush in March 2002 killed a total of 1,100. • 2015, Hindu Kush: A • January 2022, Badghis: