Pakistan, Afghanistan earthquakes: tracking seismic activity in recent years

More than 800 people are dead and over 2,500 injured in Afghanistan following a magnitude-6 earthquake as the region witnesses 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.

2025

• A magnitude 5.6 quake hit Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on August 27.
• A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on August 19, at a depth of 186 km (115 miles).
• A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Pakistan on June 29, with its epicenter at a depth of 149 km (93 miles).
• 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, at a depth of 39 km (25 miles).
• Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has been 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 at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) 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.
• Many 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, with one killing at least eight.
• 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, at a depth of 30 km (19 miles), 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, at a depth of 17.6 km (11 miles), shook Afghanistan on May 19.