Kabul [Afghanistan], March 4 : An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Tuesday, as per a statement by the National Center for Seismology.
As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km, making it susceptible to aftershocks.
"EQ of M: 4.2, On: 04/03/2025 14:00:46 IST, Lat: 36.43 N, Long: 71.32 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Afghanistan," NCS stated.
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1896844380939702726
Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 jolted Afghanistan on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.
As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 140km.
In a post on X, the NCS said, "EQ of M: 4.2, On: 02/03/2025 14:31:15 IST, Lat: 36.44 N, Long: 69.95 E, Depth: 140 Km, Location: Afghanistan."
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1896126587130859751
On February 23, an earthquake struck Afghanistan at a depth of 120km.
In a post on X, the NCS stated, "EQ of M: 4.6, On: 23/02/2025 17:11:54 IST, Lat: 36.35 N, Long: 70.62 E, Depth: 120 Km, Location: Afghanistan."
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/status/1893630305153712410
Shallow earthquakes like this one are more dangerous than deeper ones due to their greater energy release closer to the Earth's surface, causing stronger ground shaking and increased damage to structures and casualties, compared to deeper earthquakes which lose energy as they travel to the surface.
As per the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan remains highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including seasonal flooding, landslides and earthquakes.
These frequent earthquakes in Afghanistan cause damage to vulnerable communities, which are already grappling with decades of conflict and under-development and have left them with little resilience to cope with multiple simultaneous shocks, UNOCHA noted.
Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, with the Hindu Kush Mountain range being a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, as per the Red Cross.
Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running directly through Herat.
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