Timeline: Deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan

The nation has a protracted historical past of highly effective tremors which have triggered fatalities.

The epicentre of the tremor was about 44km (27 miles) from town of Khost, close to Afghanistan's border with Pakistan [Bakhtar News Agency via AP Photo]

A whole lot of individuals have been killed in Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in some 20 years.

The magnitude 5.9 tremor within the early hours of Wednesday flattened tons of of properties within the southeastern provinces of Paktika and Khost, killing no less than 920 individuals and injuring some 600.

Afghanistan has a protracted historical past of earthquakes, many within the mountainous Hindu Kush area bordering Pakistan.

Beneath is a listing of highly effective quakes which have triggered fatalities over the previous 30 years:

• 1991, Hindu Kush: An earthquake within the rugged Hindu Kush killed 848 individuals throughout Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Soviet Union.
• 1997, Qayen: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake on the border of Afghanistan and Iran killed greater than 1,500 individuals in each international locations, and fully destroyed greater than 10,000 properties.
• February 1998, Takhar: The earthquake within the distant northeastern province of Takhar killed no less than 2,300 individuals, with some estimates ranging as excessive as 4,000.
• Could 1998, Takhar: One other tremor of magnitude 6.6 in the identical area killed 4,700.
• 2002, Hindu Kush: Twin earthquakes within the Hindu Kush in March 2002 killed a complete of 1,100.
• 2015, Hindu Kush: A magnitude7.5 earthquake, some of the highly effective in Afghanistan’s recorded historical past, killed a complete of 399 individuals in Afghanistan and neighbours Pakistan and India.
• January 2022, Badghis: Shallow earthquake in Qadis district within the western province of Badghis killed no less than 26.