Significant earthquakes

Significant Earthquakes in Afghanistan

72 earthquakes since 50

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Afghanistan, with its toll.

Map

Every significant earthquake in Afghanistan with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The record

Earthquakes: 72
Deaths counted: 17,896
Earliest: 50

The deadliest

May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, AfghanistanM6.6 · 4,700 deaths · $10 million
February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 2,323 deaths · 8,094 houses destroyed
August 31, 2025, Kunar, Nangarhar, AfghanistanM6 · 2,205 deaths · $180 million · 6,782 houses destroyed
June 10, 1954, Northern, Afghanistan2,000 deaths
October 7, 2023, Herat, AfghanistanM6.3 · 1,482 deaths · $50 million · 10,002 houses destroyed
June 21, 2022, Paktika Province, Pakistan, AfghanistanM6 · 1,039 deaths · $120 million · 1,900 houses destroyed
March 25, 2002, Baghlan, Nahrin, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 1,000 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed
January 31, 1991, Badakhstan, Baghlan, Laghman, Nagarhar, AfghanistanM6.4 · 848 deaths · $36 million
February 19, 1842, Jalalabad, Afghanistan500 deaths
December 16, 1982, Northeastern, AfghanistanM6.6 · 500 deaths · $1 million
October 26, 2015, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.5 · 399 deaths · $109 million · 29,230 houses destroyed
March 3, 2002, Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.4 · 166 deaths · 300 houses destroyed
May 1, 1994, Tashiak, Termiz, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 160 deaths
June 9, 1956, Kabul, AfghanistanM7.6 · 100 deaths
June 11, 2012, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM5.8 · 75 deaths · 143 houses destroyed

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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.