June 10, 1954 Earthquake: Northern, Afghanistan
An earthquake struck Northern, Afghanistan on June 10, 1954. It killed 2,000 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- June 10, 1954
- Place
- Northern, Afghanistan
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.000° N, 66.000° E
- Country
- Afghanistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 2,000
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 1, 1994, Tashiak, Termiz, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- June 9, 1956, Kabul, Afghanistan
- March 19, 1976, Shamagan Province, Hindu-Kush, Afghanistan
- November 2, 2025, Northern, Afghanistan
- April 18, 2010, Samangan Province, Afghanistan
- May 15, 818, Balkha, Hindu-Kush, Kazahkstan, Afghanistan, India
- January 1, 1911, Kabul, Afghanistan
- 1175, Turkmenistan
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 4048.