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Earthquakes in Afghanistan

Seismic activity in Afghanistan is moderate by global standards, with 13 events recorded in the past 30 days, and 25 of the events on record reached magnitude 5 or above — the level at which damage becomes a genuine concern for vulnerable construction.

193 earthquakes have been recorded in Afghanistan in our catalogue, 13 of them in the past 30 days.

The average magnitude is 4.5 and the average focal depth 124 km. 193 events reached magnitude 4 or above and 25 reached magnitude 5 or above.

The strongest earthquake recorded in Afghanistan in this period was a magnitude 6.3 event near Khulm, Afghanistan on 02 November 2025, at a depth of 28 km. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake radiates roughly 42,502 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

Locations recording the most events include Jurm (58), Ashkāsham (32), Jalālābād (17), Farkhār (16), Khandūd (10).

28% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 72% intermediate (70–300 km) and 0% deep-focus (over 300 km). A substantial share of intermediate-depth events points to a subducting slab beneath the region rather than purely crustal faulting.

The deepest event on record here was a magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 248 km beneath Jurm, Afghanistan on 21 July 2025.

By band, the catalogue holds 168 in the magnitude 4 range, 22 in the magnitude 5 range, 3 in the magnitude 6 range.

The busiest single day was 31 August 2025, with 4 recorded events.

No event in this record carries a USGS link to NOAA tsunami information.

Events recorded193
StrongestM6.3
Average depth124 km
Magnitude 4+193
Magnitude 5+25

All recorded earthquakes in Afghanistan

100 events listed below, newest first. Times are UTC. Click any column header to re-sort.

Time (UTC) Mag Location Depth (km) Country Details
4.4 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 108.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Pārūn, Afghanistan 158.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Farkhār, Afghanistan 209.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Farkhār, Afghanistan 212.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 44.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 119.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 208.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 210.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 93.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 175.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Tagāb, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 195.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 110.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 207.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 116.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Farkhār, Afghanistan 126.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 121.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 209.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Pārūn, Afghanistan 104.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 211.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 211.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Khandūd, Afghanistan 217.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.5 Jurm, Afghanistan 212.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Jurm, Afghanistan 204.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 146.9 Afghanistan View details View
6.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 199.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 207.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.6 Jurm, Afghanistan 221.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 227.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Fayzabad, Afghanistan 234.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Farkhār, Afghanistan 200.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 131.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 206.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 221.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 222.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Pārūn, Afghanistan 102.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Farkhār, Afghanistan 166.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Farkhār, Afghanistan 217.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 69.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Jurm, Afghanistan 186.1 Afghanistan View details View
5.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 198.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 128.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jurm, Afghanistan 147.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 138.7 Afghanistan View details View
5.8 Jurm, Afghanistan 186.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 217.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 136.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 103.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 202.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jurm, Afghanistan 95.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Tagāb, Afghanistan 89.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 139.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 98.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Ārt Khwājah, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 234.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.1 Farkhār, Afghanistan 197.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 102.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 117.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.8 Bāzārak, Afghanistan 90.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Farkhār, Afghanistan 209.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Khulm, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Rustāq, Afghanistan 53.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 108.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 226.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 136.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 194.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Fayrōz Kōh, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Bāzārak, Afghanistan 72.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 198.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Aībak, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Asadābād, Afghanistan 79.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 185.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 122.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 190.2 Afghanistan View details View
5.3 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 35.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Khandūd, Afghanistan 108.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Khanabad, Afghanistan 61.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 110.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
6.3 Khulm, Afghanistan 28.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Rustāq, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Farkhār, Afghanistan 195.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Yangī Qal‘ah, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 223.4 Afghanistan View details View
5.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 243.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 200.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 126.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.5 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Bāsawul, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 94.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Pārūn, Afghanistan 109.0 Afghanistan View details View

Strongest recorded earthquakes in Afghanistan

Time (UTC) Mag Location Depth (km) Country Details
6.3 Khulm, Afghanistan 28.0 Afghanistan View details View
6.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 199.0 Afghanistan View details View
6.0 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 8.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.8 Bāzārak, Afghanistan 90.7 Afghanistan View details View
5.8 Jurm, Afghanistan 186.4 Afghanistan View details View
5.7 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 94.1 Afghanistan View details View
5.6 Asadābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.6 Pārūn, Afghanistan 99.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.5 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.5 Jurm, Afghanistan 212.9 Afghanistan View details View
5.3 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 35.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 195.9 Afghanistan View details View
5.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 198.8 Afghanistan View details View
5.2 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.2 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.2 Asadābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.2 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 8.3 Afghanistan View details View
5.2 Asadābād, Afghanistan 9.1 Afghanistan View details View
5.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 207.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 202.4 Afghanistan View details View
5.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 243.9 Afghanistan View details View
5.1 Yangī Qal‘ah, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
5.1 Farkhār, Afghanistan 197.1 Afghanistan View details View
5.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 128.3 Afghanistan View details View
5.0 Farkhār, Afghanistan 122.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Rustāq, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 110.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.9 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 207.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.8 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 188.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.8 Asadābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Bāsawul, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Jurm, Afghanistan 103.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Farkhār, Afghanistan 200.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.7 Jurm, Afghanistan 191.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.6 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 233.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.6 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.6 Jurm, Afghanistan 88.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.6 Ārt Khwājah, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.6 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.6 Jurm, Afghanistan 221.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Pārūn, Afghanistan 104.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Pārūn, Afghanistan 102.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 97.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Dasht-e Archī, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Tagāb, Afghanistan 89.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Jurm, Afghanistan 204.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Yangī Qal‘ah, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 93.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Bāsawul, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 126.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Khulm, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Qarah Bāgh, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 116.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 234.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Jurm, Afghanistan 186.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.5 Asadābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Khandūd, Afghanistan 166.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 121.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jurm, Afghanistan 147.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Farkhār, Afghanistan 197.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 175.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jurm, Afghanistan 95.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 108.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jurm, Afghanistan 107.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Fayrōz Kōh, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Khanabad, Afghanistan 61.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Farkhār, Afghanistan 212.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Qalāt, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jurm, Afghanistan 215.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 110.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 44.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 108.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Pārūn, Afghanistan 102.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Asadābād, Afghanistan 79.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Ārt Khwājah, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.4 Jurm, Afghanistan 214.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 115.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 198.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 217.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Dasht-e Archī, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 122.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 204.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 136.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Fayzabad, Afghanistan 234.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Pārūn, Afghanistan 109.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Farkhār, Afghanistan 209.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Rustāq, Afghanistan 53.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 138.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Khandūd, Afghanistan 217.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 93.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 202.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 201.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 187.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Bāsawul, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Farkhār, Afghanistan 166.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Jurm, Afghanistan 185.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 156.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 189.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 96.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Pārūn, Afghanistan 83.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Farkhār, Afghanistan 209.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 128.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 106.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 210.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Arkhy, Afghanistan 120.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.3 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 185.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Khandūd, Afghanistan 108.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 95.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 111.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 69.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 117.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 174.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 209.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 198.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 220.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 229.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 194.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 226.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 208.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 197.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 126.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 200.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 119.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 98.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 219.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Khandūd, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Aībak, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 202.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 137.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 211.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 219.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 211.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 226.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 102.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 110.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 192.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Jurm, Afghanistan 91.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 108.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.2 Farkhār, Afghanistan 139.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Farkhār, Afghanistan 217.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 103.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 136.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 210.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 191.8 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 127.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Kunduz, Afghanistan 35.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 207.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 206.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Tagāb, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 204.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 94.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Farkhār, Afghanistan 197.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 131.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Farkhār, Afghanistan 126.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 190.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 146.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 227.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 221.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.1 Jurm, Afghanistan 190.2 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 157.6 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 219.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 176.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 225.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 192.3 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 222.5 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 209.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Feyzabad, Afghanistan 228.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 223.4 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Pārūn, Afghanistan 158.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jalālābād, Afghanistan 10.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 218.7 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Farkhār, Afghanistan 195.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 209.9 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Jurm, Afghanistan 248.1 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Bāzārak, Afghanistan 72.0 Afghanistan View details View
4.0 Nahrīn, Afghanistan 145.5 Afghanistan View details View

Frequently asked questions

How many earthquakes have there been in Afghanistan?

193 earthquakes are recorded in Afghanistan in our catalogue, including 13 in the past 30 days and 193 of magnitude 4 or above.

What was the biggest earthquake in Afghanistan?

The largest recorded here was a magnitude 6.3 event near Khulm, Afghanistan on 02 November 2025.

Is Afghanistan at risk of earthquakes?

Earthquake hazard depends on proximity to active faults and plate boundaries rather than on national borders. The record for Afghanistan shows 193 events of magnitude 4 or above, which is the band at which shaking becomes widely noticeable. Consult your national seismic hazard agency for building-code and preparedness guidance.

Earthquakes in Afghanistan by month

Event counts for Afghanistan reflect seismic network density as well as genuine activity. See our guides on the magnitude scale, focal depth and why earthquakes cluster.