January 31, 2018 Earthquake: Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan on January 31, 2018 at 07:07:00 UTC, 194 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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The earthquake
- Date
- January 31, 2018
- Time
- 07:07:00 UTC
- Place
- Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 194 km (121 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.526° N, 70.851° E
- Country
- Afghanistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 15
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.
Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and at least 15 others injured as a 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted various parts of the country on Wednesday. Tremors were reported in Quetta, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Charsadda, Murree, Sargodha, Shangla, Haripur and Gujranwala, as well as parts of India, Kashmir and Afghanistan. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the 6.1-magnitude earthquake was 35 kilometres south of Jarm in Afghanistan. The depth of the quake was estimated to be 191.2km, USGS added.
In Lasbela, a girl died when the roof of her house collapsed during the shocks. Nine members of her family received injuries. In Swat Valley, a visitor in a local hotel passed away due to a heart attack as a result of jolts in the building.
Four girls received minor injuries at a primary girls school in Peshawar during a rush to evacuate the premises, Rescue 1122 sources told a private news channel. The girls were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital for treatment. In Landi Arbab, a village near Peshawar, two children were injured as they were running out of their school in panic, Peshawar District Nazim Muhammad Asim Khan told the news channel.
(all above from reference #12006)
One person died from a heart attack in Swat and 2 people injured at Landi Arbab, Pakistan. Mansehra, North-West Frontier, Pakistan - CDI: 6; Badran, Jammu and Kashmir, India - CDI: 5; Taleqan, Tahar, Afghanistan - CDI: 5; Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India - CDI: 5; Panjakent, Sughd, Tajikistan - CDI: 5(reference #13456)
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 10301.