Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquakes

• The earthquake in Afghanistan left at least 1,000 people dead and hundreds more injured.
• It was the deadliest quake to hit the region in close to 25 years.
• The tremors are also felt in northern India and Tajikistan.

The earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which left at least 1,000 people dead and hundreds more injured, was the deadliest to strike the region in close to 25 years.

Here is a list of other recent earthquakes that have occurred in one of the world’s poorest nations.

1991: 1,500 dead in Afghanistan and Pakistan

On February 1, 1991, a magnitude 6.9 quake rocks Afghanistan and the northeast of neighboring Pakistan.

The tremors are also felt in northern India and Tajikistan.

At least 1,500 people are killed, according to Afghan authorities.

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1998: Two earthquakes kill thousands

In 1998, the country is rocked by two major quakes.

The first on February 4, 1998, is centered on the north-eastern province of Takhar, where around 4,500 people are killed and thousands were left homeless. The quake has a magnitude of 5.9, according to the US Geological Survey.

The second, magnitude 6.6, also hits Takhar, along with the far northeastern province of Badakhshan on May 30. It leaves around 5,000 people dead, 1,500 wounded and destroys several villages.

2002: Hundreds dead in Hindu Kush foothills

On March 3, 2020, a powerful magnitude 7.4 quake hits the north of the country, killing between 70 and 150 people in Samangan province.

On March 25, a smaller quake kills over 800 people and leaves thousands homeless in Baghlan province in the foothills of the Hindu Kush range. The town of Nahrin, which had a population of 20,000 people, is completely destroyed.

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2012: Dozens buried in a landslide

On June 11, 2012, three quakes ranging in magnitude from 5.2 to 5.7 leave 75 dead and destroy scores of homes in Baghlan province. All but four of the dead are in the village of Mullah Jan which is buried by a landslide.

2015: Biggest earthquake kills hundreds

On October 26, 2015, the biggest quake in decades with a magnitude of 7.5 rocked the Hindu Kush range, which straddles the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. At least 380 people are killed in the two countries.