M 6.3 in Afghanistan on 02 Nov 2025 20:29 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 1508467
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000202-AFG
Depth: 28 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.5894 , 67.4843
Event Date: 02 Nov 2025 20:29 UTC
03 Nov 2025 00:59 Local
Exposed Population: 70 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 02 Nov 2025 21:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 3 3
us6000rl31 Scaled population (raster) 3.7  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
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Afghanistan - Earthquake (ECHO 08 Nov 2025)Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:37

  • An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude at a depth of 28 km occurred in northern Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan border, on 2 November at 20:29 (UTC) (3 November 00:59 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 22 km west-south-west of Khulm town in Samangan province, and 30 km east-south-east of Mazar-i-Sharif city in Balkh province.
  • USGS PAGER reports that up to 110,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and 1,53 million to strong shaking.
  • According to media, as of 3 November, at least 20 fatalities have been reported, and 320 people are injured across Samangan and Balkh provinces, even though casualties are expected to increase. Buildings collapsed and several infrastructures have been damaged, including the historic Blue Mosque. Search and rescue operations are going on.
  • Eastern Afghanistan was hit by a 6.0 earthquake in August that caused 2,205 fatalities.
M6.3 in Afghanistan - EC/ECHO daily mapMon, 03 Nov 2025 17:38

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M6.3 in Afghanistan - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationTue, 04 Nov 2025 09:05

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
Afghanistan - Earthquake, update (ECHO 09 Nov 2025)Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:02

  • After the strong earthquake of 6.3 M at a depth of 28 km occurred in northern Afghanistan, near the Uzbekistan and Tajikistan border, on 2 November at 20:29 UTC (3 November at 00:59 local time), the number of casualties has increased.
  • As of 4 November, UN OCHA reports 20 fatalities, of whom 11 in Samangan and 9 in Balkh province, and 945 injured people, of whom 616 across Balkh province and 329 in Samangan. More than 90 destroyed houses - approximately 50 in the Samangan province and 40 more in the Balkh province - were reported by UN OCHA.
Afghanistan - Earthquake, update (ECHO 11 Nov 2025)Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:30

  • After the 6.3-magnitude earthquake (at a depth of 28 km) that struck northern Afghanistan near the Uzbekistan and Tajikistan border on 2 November at 20:29 (UTC) (3 November at 00:59 local time), according to UN OCHA at least 25 fatalities occurred in Samangan-the worst affected province- as well as in the neighbouring Balkh and Saripul provinces. Close to 1,000 people were injured.
  • In addition, at least 795 houses were destroyed or damaged across Samangan, Balkh and Saripul provinces.
M6.3 in Afghanistan - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationMon, 10 Nov 2025 08:37

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

UN, partners scale up response following earthquake in Afghanistan: sp.. 11/6/2025 8:19:00 PM.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations and its partners are scaling up their response following the earthquake that struck the north of Afghanistan early this week, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN secretary-ge
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UN, partners scale up response following earthquake in Afghanistan: sp.. 11/6/2025 8:15:00 PM.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations and its partners are scaling up their response following the earthquake that struck the north of Afghanistan early this week, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN secretary-ge
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Turkmenistan to Send Humanitarian Aid to Quake Hit Afghanistan Officia.. 11/6/2025 10:32:00 AM.

ASHGABAT, November 6 (RIA Novosti) - Turkmenistan will dispatch humanitarian aid, including medicines, food, clothing, and essential supplies, to residents of Afghanistan affected by the recent earthquake, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty (Pe
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), WMO (1), INFORM (2),