Earthquakes have frequently rattled Afghanistan, Pakistan in recent years

More than 600 people are dead and over 1,500 injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the rugged eastern region of Afghanistan, the region's latest instance of increased seismic activity.

Here are previous such disasters of recent years in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, which lies at the intersection of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

2025

• A magnitude 5.6 quake hit Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on 27 August.
• A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on 19 August, at a depth of 186 km (115 miles).
• A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Pakistan on June 29, with its epicenter at a depth of 149 km (93 miles).
• A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Pakistan on May 10, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
• Quakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.8 hit the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan-Tajikistan border regions on 16 and 19 April, respectively.
• A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Pakistan on 12 April, at a depth of 39 km (25 miles).
• Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has been hit by several moderate or minor tremors in March and June.

2024

• A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on 17 October.
• An earthquake of magnitude 5.75 struck Pakistan at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) on 11 September.
• Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and 5.8 struck Pakistan between 19 March and 20 March.
• An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit northwestern Kashmir on 19 February.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on 11 January.** A magnitude 5 earthquake hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on 5 January.
   

2023

• An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on 15 November.
• Many died as multiple earthquakes rattled Afghanistan in October.
• On August 6, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
• Earthquakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.7 hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on 3 May and on 5 August, respectively.
• An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit northern Afghanistan in late March, killing at least 13.
• A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on 5 January.
   

2022

• An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit southeastern Afghanistan on 16 December.
• Over September 5 and 6, at least two earthquakes struck Afghanistan, with one killing at least eight.
• A magnitude 5.6 quake struck Pakistan's southwestern region on 1 August.
• A magnitude 6 earthquake in Afghanistan killed more than 1,000 people in June.
• A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on 5 February.
• An earthquake of magnitude 5.6, at a depth of 30 km (19 miles), hit western Afghanistan on 17 January.
   

2021

• At least 15 people were killed after an earthquake struck southern Pakistan on 7 October.
• A magnitude 4.6 earthquake, at a depth of 17.6 km (11 miles), shook Afghanistan on 19 May.