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Natural Disasters in Afghanistan

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Significant natural disasters recorded within Afghanistan, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1909 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu-Kush (Ms 8.1)
  2. 2.1921 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush (M 7.8)
  3. 3.1921 CEEarthquake — 71 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mw 7.8)
  4. 4.1909 CEEarthquake — 52 km ESE of Farkhār, Afghanistan (Mw 7.7)
  5. 5.1956 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Kabul (M 7.6)· 100 deaths
  6. 6.1911 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush (Ms 7.6)
  7. 7.2015 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush (Mw 7.5)· 399 deaths
  8. 8.2015 CEEarthquake — Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan (Mww 7.5)
  9. 9.1949 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu-Kush, West Punjab (Ms 7.5)
  10. 10.1949 CEEarthquake — 35 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mw 7.5)
  11. 11.1922 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush (M 7.5)
  12. 12.1896 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan (M 7.5)
  13. 13.818 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan / India, Hindu-Kush, Kazahkstan: Balkha (Ms 7.5)
  14. 14.1965 CEEarthquake — 51 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mw 7.44)
  15. 15.2002 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq (Mw 7.4)· 166 deaths
  16. 16.2002 CEEarthquake — 51 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mwc 7.4)
  17. 17.1985 CEEarthquake — 75 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mw 7.4)
  18. 18.1983 CEEarthquake — 55 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mw 7.4)
  19. 19.1911 CEEarthquake — 50 km SSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan (mb 7.4)
  20. 20.1965 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan (Ms 7.3)
  21. 21.1956 CEEarthquake — 42 km NNW of B?my?n, Afghanistan (Mw 7.27)
  22. 22.1983 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan (Mb 7.2)· 26 deaths
  23. 23.1937 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush (Ms 7.2)
  24. 24.1902 CEEarthquake — Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan (Ms 7.2)
  25. 25.1929 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush (M 7.1)
  26. 26.1917 CEEarthquake — 55 km ESE of Farkhār, Afghanistan (mb 7.1)
  27. 27.1906 CEEarthquake — 24 km SSW of Tirmiz, Uzbekistan (Mw 7.1)
  28. 28.1175 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan (M 7.1)
  29. 29.1993 CEEarthquake — 53 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mwb 7)
  30. 30.1908 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush (Ms 7)
  31. 31.1908 CEEarthquake — 74 km NE of Bāzārak, Afghanistan (mb 7)
  32. 32.1991 CEEarthquake — 77 km NW of P?r?n, Afghanistan (Mw 6.9)
  33. 33.1939 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan (M 6.9)
  34. 34.1908 CEEarthquake — 127 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan (mb 6.9)
  35. 35.1911 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Kabul (Mw 6.8)
  36. 36.1907 CEEarthquake — 42 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan (mb 6.8)
  37. 37.1911 CEEarthquake — 40 km SW of Qarchī Gak, Afghanistan (Mw 6.76)
  38. 38.1912 CEEarthquake — 78 km NNW of Pārūn, Afghanistan (Ms 6.75)
  39. 39.1962 CEEarthquake — 51 km ESE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan (Mw 6.71)
  40. 40.1991 CEEarthquake — 53 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan (Mw 6.7)
  41. 41.1975 CEEarthquake — 64 km W of Kot Malik Barkhurdar, Pakistan (Ms 6.7)
  42. 42.1998 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Badakhshan, Takhar (Mw 6.6)· 4,700 deaths
  43. 43.1982 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Northeastern (Ms 6.6)· 500 deaths
  44. 44.2016 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Mw 6.6)· 6 deaths
  45. 45.1985 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Chitral, Swat (Mb 6.6)· 5 deaths
  46. 46.2016 CEEarthquake — 42 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan (Mww 6.6)
  47. 47.2009 CEEarthquake — 50 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mwc 6.6)
  48. 48.2004 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan-Tajikistan-Pakistan region (Mwb 6.6)
  49. 49.1998 CEEarthquake — 24 km E of Rust?q, Afghanistan (Mwb 6.6)
  50. 50.1982 CEEarthquake — 14 km NW of Nahr?n, Afghanistan (Ms 6.6)
  51. 51.1966 CEEarthquake — 40 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan (Mw 6.6)
  52. 52.1964 CEEarthquake — 43 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mw 6.6)
  53. 53.1908 CEEarthquake — 29 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan (Ms 6.6)
  54. 54.1956 CEEarthquake — 19 km S of ?uk?mat? Azrah, Afghanistan (Mw 6.51)
  55. 55.2023 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Laghman, Pakistan (Mw 6.5)· 19 deaths
  56. 56.2005 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Tili, Jalalabad, Badakhshan (Mw 6.5)· 5 deaths
  57. 57.2004 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu Kush: Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan (Mw 6.5)· 3 deaths
  58. 58.2023 CEEarthquake — 40 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mww 6.5)
  59. 59.2005 CEEarthquake — 53 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan (Mwb 6.5)
  60. 60.1999 CEEarthquake — 31 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan (Mwc 6.5)

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