By Admin 
Strong earthquake tremors were felt in Afghanistan late Sunday night. There was a strong earthquake here twice in five hours, after which an atmosphere of fear and panic was created among the people. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the intensity of the first earthquake was 3.9 on the Richter scale, while the second earthquake was very strong, its intensity was measured at 6.3. This earthquake came two months after the earthquake in the eastern part of Afghanistan, in which many people were killed.
The USGS said the quake struck at 12:59 a.m. local time (20:29 GMT) at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles) in Kholm, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the Hindu Kush region. Correspondents of AFP news agency based in the capital Kabul also felt the tremors.
When were earthquake tremors felt?
According to the Indian agency National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first earthquake occurred on the night of Sunday (November 2, 2026) at 20:40:52, whose intensity was measured at 3.9 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of this earthquake was 10 km deep underground. Within five hours, a second earthquake occurred in the Hindu Kush area, whose intensity was measured at 6.3 on the Richter scale. Its center was 23 km deep underground.
People fled their homes after the earthquake
Local authorities circulated emergency telephone numbers for the public, but did not immediately report any deaths or injuries. An AFP correspondent reported that many people in Mazar-e-Sharif fled into the streets at midnight, fearing that their houses would collapse.
Taliban officials have faced several major earthquakes since returning to power in 2021, including a 2023 quake in the western Herat region on the border with Iran that killed more than 1,500 people and collapsed more than 63,000 homes. On August 31 this year, a mild earthquake of 6.0 magnitude occurred in the eastern part of the country, in which more than 2,200 people died. This was the deadliest earthquake in recent Afghan history.
Earthquakes are common in the Hindu Kush region.
Earthquakes are common in Afghanistan, especially near the Hindu Kush mountain range, where the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates meet. After decades of war, Afghanistan is struggling with many crises, including widespread poverty, severe drought and incidents of millions of Afghans being sent home by neighboring countries Pakistan and Iran.