Overview

• A magnitude 4.4 quake struck the Hindu Kush at a depth of 155 km on August 6, following a 4.2 tremor earlier that day at 47 km depth.
• These events mark the fourth moderate earthquake in ten days after quakes measuring 5.5 at 87 km on August 2 and 4.8 at 10 km on July 29.
• No damage or casualties have been reported so far despite shallower events posing heightened ground-shaking risks.
• Afghanistan’s location on the collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian plates makes the Hindu Kush one of the world’s most seismically active regions.
• Humanitarian agencies note that decades of conflict, underdevelopment and limited infrastructure resilience leave local populations highly vulnerable to repeated tremors.