2025 Afghanistan earthquake / Aardbeving Afghanistan augustus 2025
On 31 August 2025, at 23:47 AFT (19:17 UTC), a Mw 6.0 earthquake struck Nangarhar and Kunar provinces in Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. More than 1,100 people were killed and more than 3,500 others were injured.
The epicenter of the quake was located in Nurgal District, Kunar Province. It had a hypocenter 8 kilometres (5 miles) beneath the surface, and the shaking had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) in Nurgal. Several geological and structural factors led to a relatively heavy impact for the earthquake’s relatively moderate size, with around 3,000 deaths, 4,000 injuries and 8,000 collapsed homes; almost all of the casualties and destruction occurred in five districts of Kunar Province, where almost all buildings were damaged or destroyed, with nearby provinces also suffering damage and casualites. It was the deadliest earthquake to affect Afghanistan since 1998. Another earthquake, the second within a week, has hit Afghanistan on Tuesday 02 September as the nation was already reeling from a devastating quake over the weekend. Tuesday’s magnitude 5.2 tremor hit near Jalalabad, which was also the epicenter of Sunday’s quake. Rescuers are struggling to reach the remote, mountainous area. Entire villages have been destroyed and it’s feared the death toll could rise further, with many people feared trapped under the rubble. The largest aftershock measured Mw 5.6, and struck about 1 km (0.62 mi) northeast of the mainshock at 21:26 AFT on 4 September with a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII.
Links:
USGS earthquake catalog
Dodental na de aardbeving in Afghanistan loopt op tot meer dan 1100
