Kabul: An earthquake of 4.9 magnitude jolted Afghanistan on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) ...

According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 15 km, making it susceptible to aftershocks ...

Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, and a fault line running ...

Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain range is a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, according to the Red Cross. Afghanistan sits on ...

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on June 30, 2025, at a shallow depth of 10 km, according to the National Center ...

The Hindu Kush mountain range, which stretches across northeastern Afghanistan, is part of a highly seismically active zone where earthquakes are frequent due to the region's complex tectonic setting.

The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck northeast Afghanistan on Tuesday could rise ... (24 miles) southeast of the Afghan town of Jurm in the Hindu Kush mountain range at 187.6 ...

They're a tiny minority in Afghanistan, numbering just 1,000-2,000. Their mountain communities in the Wakhan are “bubbles of cultural integrity,” Khan said. Living conditions at the camp were ...

Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.