December 12, 2005 Earthquake: Tili, Jalalabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Tili, Jalalabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan on December 12, 2005 at 21:47:46 UTC, 225 km below the surface. It killed 5 people.
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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
- December 12, 2005
- Time
- 21:47:46 UTC
- Place
- Tili, Jalalabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
- Magnitude
- 6.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 225 km (140 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.357° N, 71.093° E
- Country
- Afghanistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 100
- Houses damaged
- 100
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.
Five people killed at Tili. At least one person injured in Jalalabad. At least 300 livestock killed and 100 houses damaged in Badakhshan. Several houses damaged at Baramulla, Fariabad and Uri, India. Landslides blocked several roads near Bagh, Kashmir.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, Afghanistan
- February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- August 31, 2025, Kunar, Nangarhar, 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
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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 6831.