Overview

• The National Centre for Seismology recorded the quake at magnitude 5.5 and 87 kilometers depth at 02:33 IST on August 2.
• The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre initially measured it as magnitude 5.5 before revising the strength to 5.0 at a depth of 123 kilometers.
• The epicenter was determined to be at latitude 35.86 N and longitude 69.94 E in northern Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region.
• Both agencies report no immediate casualties or structural damage from the tremor.
• This event is the latest in a series of moderate quakes, including four tremors in the week before August 2, driven by deep-focus seismicity from the Indian-Eurasian plate collision beneath the Hindu Kush.