Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Afghanistan in the early hours of Thursday, the National Center for Seismology reported. A post on X gave the details: the quake occurred at 03:05:19 IST at latitude 36.54 N, longitude 71.66 E, at a depth of 140 km.
“EQ of M: 4.1, On: 04/12/2025 03:05:19 IST, Lat: 36.54 N, Long: 71.66 E, Depth: 140 Km, Location: Afghanistan,” the centre posted.
Earlier this week, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck Afghanistan. The country lies in a seismically active zone around the Hindu Kush mountain range and along fault lines where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collide, causing frequent quakes, the Red Cross says.
On November 4, a powerful 6.3-magnitude quake near Mazar-i-Sharif killed at least 27 people and injured about 956, Sharafat Zaman Amar reported. The shallow tremor, at a depth of 28 kilometres, also damaged one of the region’s notable mosques, CNN cited the United States Geological Survey.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) warns that Afghanistan remains highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including seasonal flooding, landslides and earthquakes. Recurrent quakes compound the hardship for communities already weakened by decades of conflict and underdevelopment, leaving them with limited resilience to cope with multiple shocks. (ANI)
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