April 5, 2004 Earthquake: Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan on April 5, 2004 at 21:24:04 UTC, 187 km below the surface. It killed 3 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
- April 5, 2004
- Time
- 21:24:04 UTC
- Place
- Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- Magnitude
- 6.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 187 km (116 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.512° N, 71.029° E
- Country
- Afghanistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 5
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
At least one person killed in the Shahr-e
Bozorg area and two people killed at Kabul. At least
five people injured in Pakistan. Felt at Delhi and
Guragon, India; Srinagar, Kashmir; Islamabad and
Lahore, Pakistan. Felt (IV) at Termiz and (III) at
Andijon, Fargona, Namangan and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, Afghanistan
- February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- March 25, 2002, Baghlan, Nahrin, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- January 31, 1991, Badakhstan, Baghlan, Laghman, Nagarhar, Afghanistan
- December 16, 1982, Northeastern, Afghanistan
- October 26, 2015, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- March 3, 2002, Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- June 11, 2012, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- July 13, 1990, Pik Lenina, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- December 30, 1983, Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- March 21, 2023, Laghman, Pakistan, Afghanistan
- March 19, 1997, Bajaur, Chitral, Pakistan
- April 3, 2026, Kabul, Afghanistan
- June 24, 1972, Sarsangi, Narin Counties, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- October 25, 1990, Chitral, Mardan, Malakand, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
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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 5771.