May 9, 2018 Earthquake: Takhar, Pakistan, Afghanistan
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Takhar, Pakistan, Afghanistan on May 9, 2018 at 10:41:45 UTC, 116 km below the surface.
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
- May 9, 2018
- Time
- 10:41:45 UTC
- Place
- Takhar, Pakistan, Afghanistan
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 116 km (72 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.994° N, 71.382° E
- Country
- Afghanistan
The toll
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- 45
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 injured from a roof collapse at Khost. Khorug, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan - CDI: 5; Obigarm, Karotegin, Tajikistan - CDI: 5; Varzob, Karotegin, Tajikistan - CDI: 5; Dera Ismail Khan, North-West Frontier, Pakistan - CDI: 5; Carikar, Parwan, Afghanistan - CDI: 5 (reference #13456)
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rocked Afghanistan and various parts of Pakistan on Wednesday, sending people racing out of buildings in the two capitals and injuring at least 13 people and damaging dozens of homes in both countries. Omer Mohammadi, a spokesman for Afghanistan's disaster management authority, said two small children were injured when their home collapsed and one of them was listed in critical condition. Abdul Razak Zinda, a senior official at a disaster management agency, said 45 houses were damaged in three districts in the northeastern Takhar province of Afghanistan. He said three people were injured. Earlier on Wednesday, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled parts of eastern Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan. That quake caused a stampede at a school in the northwestern city of Bannu, injuring at least 10 students, according to Mohammad Aslam, a local police official. (reference #12133)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, Afghanistan
- February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- January 31, 1991, Badakhstan, Baghlan, Laghman, Nagarhar, Afghanistan
- October 26, 2015, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, Tajikistan
- March 3, 2002, Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq, 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
- April 3, 2026, Kabul, Afghanistan
- June 24, 1972, Sarsangi, Narin Counties, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- July 8, 1909, Pakistan
- April 10, 2016, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan
- October 22, 2009, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
- December 12, 2005, Tili, Jalalabad, Badakhshan, 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 10333.