Country risk monitor
Afghanistan: live earthquakes, disasters and events
Updated · Data from USGS, NASA EONET and GDACS
In the last 30 days, GlobalRisk recorded 14 events in or near Afghanistan: 14 earthquakes. Nothing new was recorded in the past 24 hours; 4 events were recorded in the past 7 days.
The strongest earthquake was M5.2 59 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan on 25 Oct 2026, which falls in the moderate class. Can damage poorly built structures near the epicenter, while well-designed buildings usually suffer slight damage at most. Roughly 1,300 earthquakes of this size occur worldwide each year.
Recent events in Afghanistan
What kinds of events
Frequently asked questions
Has there been an earthquake in Afghanistan today?
GlobalRisk has not recorded any earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or above in or near Afghanistan in the past 24 hours. Smaller quakes are not tracked, and reports can lag by several minutes.
What is the strongest recent earthquake in Afghanistan?
In the last 30 days, the strongest earthquake recorded in or near Afghanistan was M5.2 (59 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan) on 25 Oct 2026.
Are there active disaster alerts for Afghanistan?
GlobalRisk has no Orange or Red GDACS alerts for Afghanistan in the last 30 days. Check local authorities for official warnings.
Where does this information come from?
Earthquakes come from the USGS, natural events from NASA EONET and disaster alerts from GDACS. GlobalRisk normalizes them, assigns each event to a country using its coordinates, and links to the original report. See the methodology page for details.
Safety and background
These guides explain how the hazards in this region are measured and what to do when they occur:
- Earthquake Safety: What to Do Before, During and After
- Earthquake Magnitude Explained: What M4, M6 and M7 Really Mean
- GDACS Alert Levels Explained: Green, Orange and Red
Nearby countries
Latest headlines
Headlines are linked from their original publishers via Google News. GlobalRisk does not host or edit this content.
- Afghanistan Refugee Crisis Explained — USA for UNHCR
- The Pakistan-Afghanistan War: An Endless Conflict? — The Organization for World Peace
- Rubio on the Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict — VOA - Voice of America English News
- Afghanistan | Earthquake - Operation Update #5 (MDRAF019) — ReliefWeb
- When the Fighting Stops but the Conflict Doesn't: Afghanistan and the Limits of Negative Peace — Modern Diplomacy
- The Multiple Costs of the US–Iran War - From Hormuz to Europe and South Asia: The Widening Economic and Political Geography of the Conflict — Middle East Institute
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