According to the National Center for Sisamology (NCS), on Friday, a 4.9-quadruped earthquake killed Afghanistan.
According to NCS data, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 160 km.
In a post on X, NCS said, “M: 4.9 of EQ: Par: 21/03/2025 01:00:57 IST, Lat: 36.48 N, Long: 71.45 E, Depth: 160 km, location: Afghanistan.
M: 4.9, on: 21/03/2025 01:00:57 IST, Lat: 36.48 n, long: 71.45 e, depth: 160 km, location: Afghanistan.
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– National Center for Ceemology (@NCS_Earthaquake) March 20, 2025
M: 4.9, on: 21/03/2025 01:00:57 IST, Lat: 36.48 n, long: 71.45 e, depth: 160 km, location: Afghanistan.
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– National Center for Ceemology (@Ncs_Earthquake) March 20, 2025.
Earlier on March 13, the magnitude 4.0 earthquake shocked Afghanistan.
According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km, making it susceptible to the afterchox.
“EQ of M: 4.0, on: 13/03/2025 13:58:36 IST, Lat: 36.69N, Long: 69.70 AD, depth: 10 km, location: Afghanistan,” NCS said.
M: 4.0, on: 13/03/2025 13:58:36 IST, Lat: 36.69 n, long: 69.70 E, depth: 10 km, location: Afghanistan.
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– National Center for Ceemology (@Ncs_Earthquake) March 13, 2025
Such shallow earthquakes are more dangerous than deep people due to their greater energy release to the surface of the Earth, causing increased loss to strong ground tremors and structures and casualties than deep earthquakes, which lose energy because they travel to the surface.
According to the United Nations Office for coordination of human affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan is highly unsafe for natural disasters including seasonal floods, landslides and earthquakes.
These frequent earthquakes in Afghanistan cause damage to weak communities, who have already been struggling for decades of struggle and low development and have left them with a little flexibility to deal with many shocks together, Anoka noted.
According to the Red Cross, Afghanistan has a history of a powerful earthquake, and the Hindu Kush mountain range is a geologically active area, where there are quakes every year.
Afghanistan sits on several mistake lines between Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, in which a mistake line also runs directly through Herat.
When earthquakes strike, their quantity is important, but also depths, shallow earthquakes caused more damage than deep people in the Earth. Afghanistan unfortunately suffers from these shallow earthquakes, often slips in front of each other due to the tectonic plates of the region, as opposed to collision directly.
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