Item 1 of 2 A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib
Here are some recent quakes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region which lies at the intersection of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
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2025
** A magnitude 6.2 quake struck southeastern Afghanistan just before midnight on August 31. It was followed by a series of strong aftershocks over the next week, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring thousands.
** A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Pakistan on June 29.
** A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Pakistan on May 10, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
** Quakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.8 hit the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan-Tajikistan border regions on April 16 and 19, respectively.
** A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Pakistan on April 12.
** Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi was hit by several moderate or minor tremors in March and June.
2024
** A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on October 17.
** An earthquake of magnitude 5.75 struck Pakistan on September 11.
** Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and 5.8 struck Pakistan between March 19 and March 20.
** An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit northwestern Kashmir on February 19.
** A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on January 11.
** A magnitude 5 earthquake hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on January 5.
2023
** An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on November 15.
** Around 1,000 people died as multiple earthquakes rattled Afghanistan in October.
** On August 6, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
** Earthquakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.7 hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on May 3 and on August 5, respectively.
** An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit northern Afghanistan in late March, killing at least 13.
** A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on January 5.
2022
** An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit southeastern Afghanistan on December 16.
** Over September 5 and 6, at least two earthquakes struck Afghanistan, killing at least eight people.
** A magnitude 5.6 quake struck Pakistan’s southwestern region on August 1.
** A magnitude 6 earthquake in Afghanistan killed more than 1,000 people in June.
** A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on February 5.
** An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit western Afghanistan on January 17.
2021
** At least 15 people were killed after an earthquake struck southern Pakistan on October 7.
** A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Afghanistan on May 19.
Compiled by Hritam Mukherjee; Editing by YP Rajesh and Stephen Coates
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