Earthquake — Afghanistan: Paktika Province; Pakistan

When

21 Jun 2022

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.0

Where

Afghanistan

Coordinates

33.09° N, 69.51° E

Deaths

1039

Injuries

2949

Damage musd

120

Houses destroyed

1900

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

4

Earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan

A 4.0-kilometre (2.5 mi) deep earthquake measuring a magnitude (Mw) of 6.2 struck southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022 at 01:24:36 AFT. The earthquake had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). There were between 1,052 to 1,163 deaths and 1,627 to 2,976 injured in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The worst affected provinces in Afghanistan were Paktika, Paktia, Khost, and Nangarhar.

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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 6.2 earthquake strikes the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 1,163 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einem Erdbeben an der afghanisch-pakistanischen Grenze sterben mehr als 1000 Menschen und mehr als 1600 Menschen werden verletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un séisme près de la frontière avec le Pakistan fait plusieurs centaines de morts”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение в Афганистане”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,2 sacude Afganistán, dejando un saldo de 1.163 muertos y 2.976 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مصرع أكثر من 1500 وإصابة أكثر من 2000 جراء زلزال ضرب أفغانستان وباكستان بلغت شدته 6 بمقياس ريختر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “阿富汗和巴基斯坦交界發生MW5.9級地震，至少千人死亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page