Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hits Afghanistan – World News Network

Last updated: February 4, 2025 12:00 am

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Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude on the Richter Scale hit Afghanistan, a statement by the National Center for Seismology said on Tuesday.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60km, as per the NCS.
In a post on X, the NCS said, “EQ of M: 4.3, On: 04/02/2025 11:30:13 IST, Lat: 36.64 N, Long: 71.16 E, Depth: 60 Km, Location: Afghanistan.”
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1886660086556451278
Earlier in the day, an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted Afghanistan.
According to the NCS, the earthquake struck Afghanistan on Tuesday at 01:42 AM, Indian Standard Time. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres.
“EQ of M: 4.3, On: 04/02/2025 01:42:18 IST, Lat: 36.41 N, Long: 70.95 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Afghanistan,” the NCS wrote in a post on X.
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1886510254105751820
On Monday too, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan, NCS stated.
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1886349292480385327
Similarly, on January 30, an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 had also jolted the region.
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1884714976897884278
Shallow earthquakes like this are generally more dangerous than deep earthquakes. This is because shallow earthquakes release more energy closer to the surface, causing more intense shaking and damage.
The region experiences frequent earthquakes, as another earthquake of magnitude 4 on the Richter Scale occurred in the region on January 26.
As per the NCS, Afghanistan has seen 13 earthquakes in the last 30 days.
The earthquake which struck on Tuesday was recorded in the Badakhshan region of Afghanistan a mountainous region prone to natural calamities.
As per the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan remains highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including seasonal flooding, landslides and earthquakes.
These frequent earthquakes in Afghanistan cause damage to vulnerable communities, which are already grappling with decades of conflict and under-development and have left them with little resilience to cope with multiple simultaneous shocks, UNOCHA noted.
Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, with the Hindu Kush Mountain range being a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, as per the Red Cross.
Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running directly through Herat. (ANI)

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