Earthquake — Afghanistan: Northern

When

2 Nov 2025

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.3

Where

Afghanistan

Coordinates

36.59° N, 67.48° E

Deaths

26

Injuries

1172

Damage musd

10

Houses destroyed

874

Depth km

28

Earthquake in Balkh Province, Afghanistan

On 3 November 2025, at 00:59 AFT, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) struck northern Afghanistan. Around 31 people were killed, 1,172 were injured and many homes collapsed in Balkh and Samangan Provinces.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A powerful 6.3 earthquake shakes the provinces of Balkh and Samangan in Afghanistan, causing 31 deaths and 956 injuries”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в провинциях Балх и Саманган в Афганистане произошло мощное землетрясение магнитудой 6,3, в результате чего погибло 30 человек и 945 получили ранения”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page