As reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS), an earthquake of 5.9 hit Afghanistan.
The earthquake occurred at 04:43 am on Wednesday morning Indian Standard Time (IST). NCS shared details in an article on X, saying the earthquake occurred at latitude 35.83 N and longitude 70.60 E.
According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 kilometers.
“M: 5.9, open: 16/04/2025 04:43:58 IST, LAT: 35.83 N, Long: 70.60 E, depth: 75 km: 75 km, location: Hindu Kush, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, NCS, NCS wrote on X.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan remains vulnerable to natural disasters, including seasonal flooding, landslides and earthquakes.
Unocha noted that these frequent earthquakes have caused destruction of vulnerable communities that have struggled to fall into decades of conflict and inadequate development with little resilience to deal with multiple simultaneous shocks.
According to the Red Cross, Afghanistan has a strong earthquake history and the Kush Mountains in India are the geological area for annual geological activities. Afghanistan is located on many fault lines between India and Eurasian tectonic plates, which also run directly through Herat.
