Five years of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan and Pakistan

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake and strong aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people at the end of August.

Here are some recent quakes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region which lies at the intersection of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

2025

• A magnitude 6.2 quake struck southeastern Afghanistan just before midnight on 31 August. It was followed by a series of strong aftershocks over the next week, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring thousands.

• A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Pakistan on 29 June.

• A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Pakistan on 10 May, 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 April and 19 April, respectively.

• A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Pakistan on 12 April.

• Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi was 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 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.

• Around 1,000 people died as multiple earthquakes rattled Afghanistan in October.

• On 6 August, 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 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 5–6 September, at least two earthquakes struck Afghanistan, killing at least eight people.

• 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 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 shook Afghanistan on 19 May.