A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on September 4, 2025.
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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday (September 4, 2025), the German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The quake was at a depth of 10 km, GFZ said. The quake follows a series of earthquakes earlier this week that killed more than 2,200 people and injured over 3,600 in the country’s east, flattening villages and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
EDITORIAL | Buried in rubble: On the Afghanistan earthquake
The first earthquake of magnitude 6, one of Afghanistan’s deadliest in recent years, unleashed widespread damage and destruction in the provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar on Sunday (August 31, 2025), when it struck at a shallow depth of 10 km.
Survivors have been left homeless and aid groups warn of dwindling resources, with the United Nations and other agencies citing a critical need for food, shelter and medical supplies.
Published – September 05, 2025 12:17 am IST
