October 30, 2000 Earthquake: Rakhor, Afghanistan-Tajikistan

Date

October 30, 2000

Time

22:39:06 UTC

Place

Rakhor, Afghanistan-Tajikistan

Magnitude

5.1 (Mw)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.542° N, 69.582° E

Country

Afghanistan

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses damaged

800 with its tsunami and other effects

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.

• October 21, 1907, Karatag, TajikistanM7.4 · 12,000 deaths · 182 km
• May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, AfghanistanM6.6 · 4,700 deaths · $10 million · 67 km
• February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 2,323 deaths · 8,094 houses destroyed · 69 km
• March 25, 2002, Baghlan, Nahrin, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 1,000 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 166 km
• January 31, 1991, Badakhstan, Baghlan, Laghman, Nagarhar, AfghanistanM6.4 · 848 deaths · $36 million · 188 km
• December 16, 1982, Northeastern, AfghanistanM6.6 · 500 deaths · $1 million · 163 km
• October 26, 2015, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.5 · 399 deaths · $109 million · 29,230 houses destroyed · 133 km
• January 22, 1989, Sharora, Gissar, TajikistanM5.3 · 274 deaths · $24.8 million · 129 km
• September 22, 1930, Dushanbe (Stalinabad), TajikistanM6.3 · 175 deaths · 135 km
• March 3, 2002, Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.4 · 166 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 141 km
• June 11, 2012, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM5.8 · 75 deaths · 143 houses destroyed · 170 km
• March 19, 1976, Shamagan Province, Hindu-Kush, AfghanistanM5.5 · 49 deaths · 1,137 houses destroyed · 190 km
• July 13, 1990, Pik Lenina, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM5.6 · 43 deaths · 165 km
• December 30, 1983, Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.2 · 26 deaths · $3 million · 166 km
• March 21, 2023, Laghman, Pakistan, AfghanistanM6.5 · 19 deaths · 22 houses destroyed · 168 km

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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 5579.