In a statement by the National Center for Sisamology (NCS), on Sunday, 4.5 shocked Afghanistan.
According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 150 km.
In a post on X, NCS said, “M: 4.5, but: 18/05/2025 11:43:16 IST, Lat: 36.44 n, long: 71.07 E, depth: 150 km, location: Afghanistan.”
https://x.com/ncs_earthquake/status/19239871807287287323
Earlier on 17 May, the magnitude 4.2 earthquake killed the region.
In a post on X, NCS said, “M: 4.2, but: 17/05/2025 16:26:34 IST, Lat: 36.37 N, long: 69.83 e, depth: 120 km, location: Afghanistan.”
https://x.com/ncs_earthquake/status/1923697871372558698
A day earlier on 16 May, another earthquake of magnitude 4.0 killed the region.
“EQ of M: 4.0, on: 16/05/2025 00:47:40 IST, Lat: 36.56 n, long: 70.99 e, depth: 120 km, location: Afghanistan.”
https://x.com/ncs_earthquake/status/192309927195900050
On May 10, the magnitude 4.7 earthquake killed the region.
NCS said in a post on X, “M: 4.7 of EQ: Par: 10/05/2025 10:38:00 IST, Late: 36.49 N, Long: 71.09 AD, Depth: 192 km, Location: Afghanistan.”
https://x.com/ncs_earthquake/status/1921071738789490955
According to the United Nations Office for coordination of human affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan is highly unsafe for natural disasters including seasonal floods, landslides and earthquakes.
These frequent earthquakes in Afghanistan cause damage to weak communities, who have already been struggling for decades of struggle and low development and have left them with a little flexibility to deal with many shocks together, Anoka noted.
According to the Red Cross, Afghanistan has a history of a powerful earthquake, and the Hindu Kush mountain range is a geologically active area, where there are quakes every year.
Afghanistan sits on several mistake lines between Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, in which a mistake line also runs directly through Herat. Its location on several active mistake lines with a collision area between Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates makes it seismically active area. These plates are found and collides, causing frequent seismic activity. (AI)