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Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 strikes PakistanPakistan experienced a magnitude 4.6 earthquake on Saturday. This follows similar seismic activity on Friday and Thursday. The region is hi...- 'I can’t walk anymore': Afghan teens freeze to death trying to cross into Iran for workHabibullah set off from his home in western Afghanistan determined to find work in Iran, only for the 15-year-old to freeze to death while ...
- Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 strikes PakistanPakistan was struck by several earthquakes in November 2025. A magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred on November 6 at a depth of 240 km. Earlie...
- Why is Afghanistan so prone to earthquakes?Afghanistan faces frequent earthquakes. A recent 6.3 magnitude quake killed seven people. The country sits on active tectonic plate boundar...
- 4.6 magnitude earthquake jolts PakistanPakistan experienced a magnitude 4.6 earthquake on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. This follows earlier seismic activity in the region. Afghanis...
- WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakesThe World Health Organization urges the Taliban to allow female aid workers to assist earthquake victims in Afghanistan. Restrictions preve...
- An earthquake in Afghanistan's east wipes out homes, generations and livelihoodsA devastating earthquake struck the remote Kunar province of Afghanistan, claiming over 2,000 lives and obliterating entire villages. The r...
- Multiple earthquakes jolt Myanmar, Tibet, and AfghanistanMyanmar, Tibet and Afghanistan experienced a series of earthquakes between July 17 and 19. Myanmar was hit by three quakes. Tibet was jolte...
- Earthquake of magnitude 4.0 jolts AfghanistanA magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Afghanistan on March 10, 2025, at a depth of 10 km in the Hindu Kush region, posing a risk of aftershocks...
- What causes earthquakes? A geologist explains where they're most common and whyEarthquakes accompany both subduction and rifting. In fact, that is how the plate boundaries were first discovered. In the 1950s, when a gl...
- Earthquake of 6.3 magnitude followed by 5.4 tremors hit northwest of Afghanistan's Herat city: USGSAfghanistan was hit by another earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3, followed by a 5.5 aftershock. The majority of the victims were women and...
- Earthquake Safety Guide: How to protect yourself during and after an earthquake, what you shouldn't doEarthquakes are one of the most disastrous natural disasters that can strike without warning and cause immense damage and loss of life. Whi...
- NGRI scientist warns of a possible 'greater earthquake' in UttarakhandDr. N Purnachandra Rao, chief scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute said, “The region referred to as the seismic gap bet...
- Taliban accuse US of 'usurping' Afghanistan's frozen assetsThe new Afghan Fund, based in Geneva, will not provide humanitarian assistance but will be put in charge of core central bank functions suc...
- Death toll from Afghanistan's quake rises to 1,150 peopleIn the district of Gayan, at least 1,000 homes were damaged by the earthquake. Another 800 homes in the Spera district of Khost province we...
- Is planet Earth on 'quake mode' again? Experts watch closelyExperts find it difficult to draw a quick conclusion as predicting the quakes more accurately in time and space still remains a task for th...
- MCD's disaster management plan to be under Delhi governmentcontrol: CentreThe bench was hearing a PIL filed by advocate Arpit Bhargava questioning how safe were the buildings in Delhi if an earthquake, like that i...
- Scientists try to decipher signatures of past earthquakesSince predicting earthquakes is nearly impossible, scientists try to study the past records to try decipher some clues for future forecasti...
- SAARC nations should frame policies to combat disasters: HM Rajnath SinghIndia today emphasised that SAARC nations, which have suffered gravely due to various kinds of disasters, should frame national and regiona...
- Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquake raises questions of India's preparedness for natural disastersSeismologists have been expecting a great earthquake for over 500 years now along the 400km faultline under the Himalayas, but are uncertai...
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