Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Afghanistan within the early hours of Thursday, as reported by the Nationwide Middle for Seismology.
A submit on X shared the main points, stating that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 140 kilometres.
‘EQ of M: 4.1, On: 04/12/2025 03:05:19 IST, Lat: 36.54 N, Lengthy: 71.66 E, Depth: 140 km, Location: Afghanistan.’
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/standing/1996335508327387436?s=20
Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck Afghanistan on Monday.
Afghanistan has a historical past of highly effective earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain vary is a geologically energetic space the place quakes happen yearly, in line with the Crimson Cross.
On November 4, a strong earthquake rattled northern Afghanistan, killing at the least 27 folks and injuring 956 extra, in line with Sharafat Zaman Amar. The tremor additionally broken one of many nation’s most lovely mosques, CNN reported.
Households had been jolted awake within the early hours of Monday when the 6.3-magnitude quake struck close to Mazar-i-Sharif, one of the crucial populated cities within the north of the nation, at a shallow depth of 28 kilometres (17.4 miles), the USA Geological Survey stated, as per CNN.
Afghanistan sits on quite a few fault traces between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line additionally working instantly by means of Herat. Its location on a number of energetic fault traces alongside the collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates makes it a seismically energetic area. These plates meet and collide, inflicting frequent seismic exercise.
As per the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan stays extremely susceptible to pure disasters, together with seasonal flooding, landslides and earthquakes.
These frequent earthquakes in Afghanistan trigger harm to susceptible communities, that are already grappling with many years of battle and underdevelopment and have left them with little resilience to deal with a number of simultaneous shocks, UNOCHA famous. (ANI)
