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

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

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

Over a week since a major earthquake decimated his village in northwest Afghanistan, Noor Ahmad is on a harrowing hunt to find his 5-year-old. The destroyed home of Noor Ahmad and his family in ...

Two strong earthquakes have shaken parts of western Afghanistan — with up to 2,000 feared dead and many injured. It's one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.

More than 90% of those killed in a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan were women and children, UNICEF said Wednesday, as fresh tremors terrorized residents of villages flattened by the ...

International aid groups in Afghanistan are scrambling to send help to survivors of an earthquake which has left more than 2,000 people dead and many more injured in a war-ravaged nation already ...

Afghans gather the remains of earthquake victims from destroyed houses after a massive 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the western Herat region, in Herat city, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2023.

Hemmed in by mountains, Afghanistan has a history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Herat province borders Iran, which said it would send humanitarian ...

Powerful earthquakes struck western Afghanistan’s Herat province, killing more than 2,400 people and injuring thousands, government officials said.

The earthquake has worsened life for vulnerable populations. Adding to this crisis is the pre-existing vulnerability of the region. Afghanistan was already reeling from the aftermath of recent floods ...

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