Earthquake — Afghanistan: Herat

When

7 Oct 2023

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.3

Where

Afghanistan

Coordinates

34.61° N, 61.92° E

Deaths

1482

Injuries

2100

Damage musd

50

Houses destroyed

10002

Depth km

14

Earthquakes in western Afghanistan

Four large earthquakes measuring Mww 6.3 each and their aftershocks affected Herat Province in western Afghanistan in early October 2023. The first two earthquakes occurred on 7 October at 11:11 AFT and 11:42 AFT near the city of Herat, followed by many aftershocks. On 11 and 15 October, two other magnitude 6.3 earthquakes struck the same area. These earthquakes were associated with thrust faulting.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A series of earthquakes occur in Herat Province in Afghanistan, killing over 1,000 people and injuring nearly 2,000, with tremors felt in Iran and Turkmenistan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2023 Herat depremleri: Afganistan'ın Herat ilinde meydana gelen en büyüğü 6.3 büyüklüğünde olan bir dizi deprem sonucunda 1.489 kişi hayatını kaybetti ve 9.241…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “deux tremblements de terre font plus de à Hérat, en Afghanistan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Землетрясения в Герате (2023)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Una serie de terremotos de 6,3 sacuden la provincia de Herat en Afganistán, matando a más de 1.400 personas e hiriendo a 2400”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “وقوع زلزالين في ولاية هرات الأفغانية بقوة 6.3 ريختر، ما أدى لوفاة ما يزيد عن 1000 شخص”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page