April 10, 2016 Earthquake: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan on April 10, 2016 at 10:28:58 UTC, 212 km below the surface. It killed 6 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 10, 2016
- Time
- 10:28:58 UTC
- Place
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan
- Magnitude
- 6.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 212 km (132 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.473° N, 71.131° E
- Country
- Afghanistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- 20
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, 5 injured and 20 homes damaged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 1 person killed in Gilgit, Pakistan. Felt (V) at Peshawar; (IV) at Islamabad and Rawalpindi; (III) at Muzaffarabad; (II) at Wah. Also felt at Abbottabad, Chakwal, Chitral, Choa Saidan Shah, Haripur, Hazro, Kohat, Mianwali, Miran Shah, Nowshera Kalan, Swabi, Takht-i-Bhai, Taxila and Topi. Felt (IV) at Kabul and (III) at Mahmud-e Raqi, Afghanistan. Also felt at Bagrami, Faizabad, Jabal us Saraj, Khost and Nahrin. Felt (III) at Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Felt at Badamibagh and Srinagar, India. Abottabad, North-West Frontier, Pakistan - CDI: 6; Swabi, North-West Frontier, Pakistan - CDI: 5; Nahraine, Baġlan, Afghanistan - CDI: 5; Peshawar, North-West Frontier, Pakistan - CDI: 5; Takhat Bhai, North-West Frontier, Pakistan - CDI: 5 (reference #13456)
Pakistan has raised the death toll from the quake that rattled the country the day before, saying six people were killed. A provincial disaster management agency also says five others were injured in the temblor in northwestern Pakistan. It says 20 homes were damaged in Sunday's magnitude-7.1 quake in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan. (reference #115320)
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 10186.