{"id":111187,"date":"2025-09-01T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=111187"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:23:16","slug":"earthquakes-have-frequently-rattled-afghanistan-pakistan-in-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/111187\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquakes have frequently rattled Afghanistan, Pakistan in recent years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kabul(National times)- More than 800 people are dead and over 2,500 injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the rugged eastern region of Afghanistan, the region&#8217;s latest instance of increased seismic activity. Here are previous such disasters of recent years in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region which lies at the intersection of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A magnitude 5.6 quake hit Afghanistan&#8217;s Hindu Kush region on August 27.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit Afghanistan&#8217;s Hindu Kush region on August 19, at a depth of 186 km (115 miles).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Pakistan on June 29, with its epicentre at a depth of 149 km (93 miles).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Pakistan on May 10, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.8 hit the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan-Tajikistan border regions, on April 16 and 19, respectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Pakistan on April 12, at a depth of 39 km (25 miles).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pakistan&#8217;s southern port city of Karachi has been hit by several moderate or minor tremors in March and June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on October 17.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An earthquake of magnitude 5.75 struck Pakistan at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) on September 11.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and 5.8 struck Pakistan between March 19 and March 20.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit northwestern Kashmir on February 19.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on January 11.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 5 earthquake hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on January 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on November 15.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many died as multiple earthquakes rattled Afghanistan in October.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On August 6, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earthquakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.7 hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on May 3 and on August 5, respectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit northern Afghanistan in late March, killing at least 13.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on January 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit southeastern Afghanistan on December 16.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over September 5 and 6, at least two earthquakes struck Afghanistan, with one killing at least eight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 5.6 quake struck Pakistan&#8217;s southwestern region on August 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 6 earthquake in Afghanistan killed more than 1,000 people in June.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on February 5.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An earthquake of magnitude 5.6, at a depth of 30 km (19 miles), hit western Afghanistan on January 17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At least 15 people were killed after an earthquake struck southern Pakistan on October 7.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A magnitude 4.6 earthquake, at a depth of 17.6 km (11 miles), shook Afghanistan on May 19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kabul(National times)- More than 800 people are dead and over 2,500 injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the rugged eastern region of Afghanistan, the region&#8217;s latest instance of increased seismic activity. 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