A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake and strong aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people at the end of August.
Here are some recent quakes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region which lies at the intersection of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
2025
A magnitude 6.2 quake struck southeastern Afghanistan just before midnight on August 31. It was followed by a series of strong aftershocks over the next week, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring thousands.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Pakistan on June 29.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Pakistan on May 10, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center said.
Quakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.8 hit the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan-Tajikistan border regions on April 16 and 19, respectively.
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Pakistan on April 12.
Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi was hit by several moderate or minor tremors in March and June.
2024
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on October 17.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.75 struck Pakistan on September 11.
Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and 5.8 struck Pakistan between March 19 and March 20.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit northwestern Kashmir on February 19.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on January 11.
A magnitude 5 earthquake hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on January 5.
2023
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on November 15.
Around 1,000 people died as multiple earthquakes rattled Afghanistan in October.
On August 6, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
Earthquakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.7 hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on May 3 and on August 5, respectively.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit northern Afghanistan in late March, killing at least 13.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on January 5.
2022
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit southeastern Afghanistan on December 16.
Over September 5 and 6, at least two earthquakes struck Afghanistan, killing at least eight people.
A magnitude 5.6 quake struck Pakistan’s southwestern region on August 1.
A magnitude 6 earthquake in Afghanistan killed more than 1,000 people in June.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on February 5.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit western Afghanistan on January 17.
2021
At least 15 people were killed after an earthquake struck southern Pakistan on October 7.
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Afghanistan on May 19.
