Deadly Afghanistan earthquakes

Afghanistan has a long history of powerful earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush mountains that stretch from central Afghanistan to areas bordering Pakistan and Tajikistan


Oct 8: 6.3 magnitude quake hits area 35km northwest of city of Herat

UZBEKISTAN 
TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
IRAN
Herat 
Kabul
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
INDIA
500km 300 miles
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8


AFGHANISTAN’S DEADLIEST QUAKES SINCE 1990

Date 	Map Location	Fatalities
Oct 2023 1 Herat	2,400+	Taliban figures (Oct 8)
Jun 2022 2 Paktika	1,036
Oct 2015 3 Hindu Kush* 	399
Mar 2002 4 Hindu Kush 	1,100
May 1998 5 Takhar 	4,700
Feb 1998 6 Takhar 	2,300
May 1997 7 Qayen† 	1,500
Feb 1991 8 Hindu Kush‡ 	848


Indian Ocean


Death toll includes: *Pakistan and India; †Iran; ‡Pakistan and Soviet Union


Sources: Reuters, World of Data 
Picture: Getty Images 
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