A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan in the early hours of Thursday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. In a post on X, NCS said the earthquake occurred at 02:20 IST (Indian Standard Time).
“EQ of M: 4.6, Date: 13/11/2025 02:20:26 IST, Lat: 36.43 N, Long: 71.20 E, Depth: 140 km, Location: Afghanistan.”
Earlier on November 8, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Afghanistan.
“EQ of M: 4.4, Date: 8/11/2025 03:14:26 IST, Lat: 30.70 N, Long: 65.66 E, Depth: 180 km, Location: Afghanistan,” NCS on X said.
On November 4, a powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, killing at least 27 people and injuring 956 others, according to Sharafat Zaman Amar, a spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health. The quake also damaged one of the country’s most beautiful mosques, CNN reported.
Families woke up early Monday morning when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, one of the most populous cities in the north of the country, at a shallow depth of 28 kilometers (17.4 miles), the US Geological Survey reported on CNN.
Afghanistan has a history of strong earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush mountain range is a geologically active region where tremors occur every year, according to the Red Cross.
Afghanistan lies on numerous fault lines between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, with the fault line also passing directly through Herat. Its location on several active fault lines along the collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates makes it a seismically active area. These plates meet and collide, causing frequent seismic activity.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan remains highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including seasonal floods, landslides and earthquakes.
These frequent earthquakes in Afghanistan are wreaking havoc on vulnerable communities already struggling with decades of conflict and underdevelopment, leaving them with little resilience to cope with multiple simultaneous tremors, UNOCHA noted.
