List of earthquakes in Afghanistan
This is a list of earthquakes in Afghanistan:
Date | Time‡ | Place | Latitude | Longitude | Fatalities | Magnitude | Comments | Sources |
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January 31, 1991 | 23:03:33 | Hindu Kush | 35.993 | 70.423 | 848 | 6.9 | [1] | |
February 20, 1998 | 12:18:06 | Takhar Province see February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake |
36.479 | 71.086 | 2,323 | 5.9 | [2] | |
May 30, 1998 | 06:22 UTC | Takhar Province see May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake |
37.10 | 70.11 | 4,000-4,500 | 6.9 | [3] | |
March 3, 2002 | 12:08:19 | Hindu Kush see 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes |
36.502 | 70.482 | 166 | 7.4 | [4] | |
March 25, 2002 | 14:56:33 UTC | Hindu Kush see 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes |
35.93 | 69.19 | 1,000 | 6.1 | [5] | |
December 12, 2005 | 21:47 UTC | Hindu Kush see 2005 Hindu Kush earthquake |
36.28 | 71.11 | 5 | 6.5 | [6] | |
April 16, 2009 | 01:57 | Nr Kabul see April 2009 Afghanistan earthquake |
34.2 | 70.1 | 22 | 5.5 | [7] | |
October 22, 2009 | 19:51:27 UTC | Hindu Kush see October 2009 Afghanistan earthquake |
36.517 | 70.950 | 5 | 6.2 | [8] | |
April 18, 2010 | 20:28:50 UTC | Central Afghanistan see 2010 Afghanistan earthquake |
35.71 | 67.68 | 11 | 5.6 | [9] | |
June 11, 2012 | 09:32 | Baghlan province see 2012 Afghanistan earthquakes |
36.048 | 69.302 | 75 | 5.4, 5.7 | Two earthquakes struck 25 minutes apart | [10] |
April 24, 2013 | 09:25:30 | Jalalabad-Mehtar Lam area | 34.526 | 70.220 | 18 | 5.5 | [11] | |
October 26, 2015 | 19:39 AFT | Jarm see 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake |
36.441 | 70.707 | 386 | 7.5 | [12] |
References
- ↑ "M6.9 - Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan". USGS. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ "M6.4 - Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan". USGS. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ Fathi, Nazila; O'Connor, Anahad (December 27, 2003). "Powerful Earthquake in Iran Kills Thousands]". The New York Times.
- ↑ "M7.4 - Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan". USGS. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ "M6.1 - Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan". USGS. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
- ↑ "Two quakes rock east Afghanistan". BBC News. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ↑ USGS, M6.2 - Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan, United States Geological Survey
- ↑ USGS. "M5.6 - central Afghanistan". United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ BBC News (12 June 2012). "Afghan quakes: Landslide killed 80, says governor". BBC News. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ↑ "55 Significant Earthquakes where Country = AFGHANISTAN". The Significant Earthquake Database. National Geophysical Data Center. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ "M 7.7 Earthquake 45km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan". October 26, 2015. line feed character in
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