Earthquake — Afghanistan: Kunar, Nangarhar

When

31 Aug 2025

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.0

Where

Afghanistan

Coordinates

34.71° N, 70.79° E

Deaths

2205

Injuries

3640

Damage musd

180

Houses destroyed

6782

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

8

Earthquake in Kunar Province, Afghanistan

On 31 August 2025, at 23:47 AFT, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) struck eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. The epicenter of the quake was located in Nurgal District, Kunar Province. It had a hypocenter 8 kilometres beneath the surface, and the shaking had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) in Nurgal.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 2,200 people and injures 3,500”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Afghanistan sterben mehr als 2200 Menschen durch ein Erdbeben der Stärke 6.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Афганистане произошло землетрясение магнитудой 6,0”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,0 sacude Afganistán, cerca de la frontera con Pakistán, que dejó como saldo 3000 personas fallecidas y más de 4000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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