PESHAWAR: Tremors from a 5.9-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region were felt across parts of northern Pakistan and the federal capital late on Thursday, according to the country’s meteorological department.
The Hindu Kush region has long been prone to frequent and often deadly seismic activity. Last week, a powerful 6.0-magnitude quake in eastern Afghanistan killed more than 2,200 people and injured around 4,000, flattening entire villages and deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis.
“The earthquake originated on Sept. 4, 2025, at 21:56 PST in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, with a magnitude of 5.9 and a depth of 111 kilometers,” the Pakistan Meteorological Department in Islamabad said in a statement.
It said tremors were reported in the Pakistani cities of Peshawar, Kohat, Karak, Nowshera, Mardan, Charsadda, Swabi, Buner, Malakand, Swat, Dir, Chitral, Mansehra, Hangu, Abbottabad, Attock, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
The department added there were no immediate reports of casualties or structural damage.
Pakistan itself is highly vulnerable to earthquakes as it sits on the collision boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
In October 2005, a 7.6-magnitude quake killed more than 70,000 people in northern Pakistan and Kashmir. In 2013, a powerful quake in Balochistan killed more than 800, while in 2023, tremors from a 6.5-magnitude quake in Afghanistan were felt across much of Pakistan, killing at least 10.
