M 6.3 in Afghanistan on 11 Oct 2023 00:41 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1395488
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Glide number: EQ-2023-000188-AFG
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.5798 , 62.0717
Event Date: 11 Oct 2023 00:41 UTC
11 Oct 2023 05:11 Local
Exposed Population: 290 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 11 Oct 2023 00:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 3.5 3.5
us6000len8 Scaled population (raster) 4.43  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
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Afghanistan - Earthquakes (ECHO 11 Oct 2023)Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:17

  • A new 6.3 M earthquake at a depth of 9 km, followed by two aftershocks of 5 M and 4.1 M, hit Herat Province on 11 October at 00:41 UTC (05:11 local time). The 6.3 M earthquake was located in Zinda Jan District, 27 km northwest of Herat City and  at 14 km south-east of the 6.3 M earthquake that occurred on 7 October that caused more than 2,400 fatalities, as of 10 October.
  • According to USGS, approximately 4,000 people were exposed to severe shaking and 1,273 milion people were exposed to strong and very strong shaking.
  • Media reports, as of 11 October, 80 injured people that have been hospitalized while rescue operation are still ongoing throughout the region for the 11 October earthquake.
  • DG ECHO has allocated EUR 3.5 million in assistance, including EUR 2.5 million from the Acute Large Emergency Response Tool (ALERT), and EUR 1 million worth of in-kind assistance via the European Humanitarian Response Capacity (EHRC). DG ECHO partners are assessing the situation and responding.
M6.3 in Afghanistan - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 11 Oct 2023 18:41

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Afghanistan - Earthquakes, update (ECHO 12 Oct 2023)Thu, 12 Oct 2023 10:52

  • After the recent 6.3 M earthquake that occurred on 11 October in Herat Province, one person died and 140 people have been injured, all in Herat City and Injil District, as reported by UN OCHA. Several villages across the Districts of Gulran, Injil and Kush sustained damage following the earthquake.
  • In addition, following previous seismic events since 7 October, at least 2,400 people have died, several hundred are reported missing, 1,714 houses have been destroyed, and 11,066 people have been affected across four districts. According to UNITAR-UNOSAT, 15 settlements have been destroyed, three severely affected and 38 moderately affected.
  • The EU is providing emergency humanitarian aid for an amount of EUR 3.5 million, in order to address the most urgent needs of the affected population.
  • The Copernicus Emergency Management Service () was activated in rapid mapping mode on 11 October to provide the damage assessment.
M6.3 in Afghanistan - Copernicus EMS activationSat, 14 Oct 2023 06:05

[EMSR700] Earthquake in Afghanistan
M6.3 in Afghanistan - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationFri, 20 Oct 2023 14:13

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),