Overview

• USGS reported the main shock at 23:47 local time near Jalalabad with a shallow focus that increases destructive potential.
• At least two significant aftershocks were recorded, including magnitudes around 5.2 and 4.7, complicating search efforts.
• Local officials cite the hardest-hit areas in Kunar’s Nurgal, Sawkay, Watapur, Dara Pech and Chapa Dara districts, with widespread housing collapse.
• Preliminary tallies from Taliban authorities and provincial officials range from roughly 600 to more than 800 dead and 1,500–2,800 injured, with figures expected to change.
• Taliban ministries, UNAMA and the Afghan Red Crescent have deployed rescue and medical teams, as landslides block key roads; USGS PAGER issued an orange alert, and tremors were felt across Pakistan with no confirmed casualties reported there.