Contemporary era · 2025

2025 Balkh earthquake

On 3 November 2025, at 00:59 AFT (20:29 UTC, 2 November), an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) struck northern Afghanistan. Around 31 people were killed, 1,172 were injured and many homes collapsed in Balkh and Samangan Provinces.

2025 Balkh earthquake
2025 Balkh earthquake · United States Geological Survey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
3 Nov 2025
Where
Afghanistan
Era
Contemporary

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