April 24, 2013 Earthquake: Kama, Afghanistan
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Kama, Afghanistan on April 24, 2013 at 09:25:30 UTC, 64 km below the surface. It killed 18 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
- April 24, 2013
- Time
- 09:25:30 UTC
- Place
- Kama, Afghanistan
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 64 km (40 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.526° N, 70.220° E
- Country
- Afghanistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 18
- Injuries
- 141
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- 676
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.
Eighteen people killed, 141 injured
and 676 houses damaged in the Jalalabad-Mehtar Lam
area. Felt (V) at Jalalabad, (IV) at Baghlan and Kabul
and (III) at Bagrami. Also felt at Charikar,
Ishkashem, Khost and Zarah Sharan. Felt (IV) at
Islamabad and (III) at Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Also felt
at Faisalabad, Muzaffarabad, Peshawar, Risalpur,
Sargodha, Topi and Wah. Felt at Gurgaon and Noida,
India. (reference #1053)
An earthquake struck Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven people and injuring dozens more, according to officials talking to AFP. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude of the quake was 5.7 with strong tremors felt in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and in Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan. The quake struck at 0925 GMT at a depth of 65 kilometers (40 miles). Its epicenter was 25 kilometers northwest of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad near the Pakistani border, the USGS said.
Pakistan's meteorological office put the magnitude at 6.2, AFP reported. There were no immediate reports of any damage in either country. Afghanistan's interior ministry and the national disaster agency said authorities were still gathering information, AFP said. In Kama district outside Jalalabad, people ran from their mud brick homes in panic when the tremor was felt, a witness said, describing it as "very powerful". Two walls in one village collapsed, he told AFP. (reference #10519)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 31, 2025, Kunar, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
- June 21, 2022, Paktika Province, Pakistan, Afghanistan
- March 25, 2002, Baghlan, Nahrin, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- January 31, 1991, Badakhstan, Baghlan, Laghman, Nagarhar, Afghanistan
- February 19, 1842, Jalalabad, Afghanistan
- June 11, 2012, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- February 11, 1999, Lowgar, Vardak, Kabul, Afghanistan
- April 16, 2009, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
- March 19, 1997, Bajaur, Chitral, Pakistan
- October 25, 1990, Chitral, Mardan, Malakand, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- June 24, 1972, Sarsangi, Narin Counties, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- September 4, 2022, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
- May 20, 1992, Peshawar, Kohat, Shakkar Khel, Pakistan
- July 29, 1985, Chitral, Swat, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- June 1, 2001, Parvan, 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 9983.