February 1, 1929 Earthquake: Hindu Kush, Afghanistan

Date

February 1, 1929

Time

17:14:00 UTC

Place

Hindu Kush, Afghanistan

Magnitude

7.1

Focal depth

220 km (137 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.500° N, 70.500° E

Country

Afghanistan

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, AfghanistanM6.6 · 4,700 deaths · $10 million · 76 km
• February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 2,323 deaths · 8,094 houses destroyed · 74 km
• March 25, 2002, Baghlan, Nahrin, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 1,000 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 117 km
• January 31, 1991, Badakhstan, Baghlan, Laghman, Nagarhar, AfghanistanM6.4 · 848 deaths · $36 million · 57 km
• December 16, 1982, Northeastern, AfghanistanM6.6 · 500 deaths · $1 million · 139 km
• October 26, 2015, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.5 · 399 deaths · $109 million · 29,230 houses destroyed · 12 km
• March 3, 2002, Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.4 · 166 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 2 km
• June 11, 2012, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM5.8 · 75 deaths · 143 houses destroyed · 116 km
• July 13, 1990, Pik Lenina, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM5.6 · 43 deaths · 28 km
• December 30, 1983, Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.2 · 26 deaths · $3 million · 26 km
• March 21, 2023, Laghman, Pakistan, AfghanistanM6.5 · 19 deaths · 22 houses destroyed · 43 km
• April 3, 2026, Kabul, AfghanistanM5.8 · 12 deaths · 5 houses destroyed · 32 km
• June 24, 1972, Sarsangi, Narin Counties, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 11 deaths · 79 km
• October 25, 1990, Chitral, Mardan, Malakand, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6 · 11 deaths · 153 km
• April 10, 2016, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AfghanistanM6.6 · 6 deaths · 56 km

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