6.0 AND GREATER EARTHQUAKES ARE REPORTED ON THIS SITE AND ALL EARTHQUAKE STATS PERTAIN ONLY TO 6.0 AND GREATER MAGNITUDE QUAKES.

Map: CSEM-EMSC

A great 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on October 26, 2015, at 09:09:32 UTC, at a depth of 200 km, reported Geoscience Australia (not finalized).

At least 79 people are confirmed dead, 62 of those were killed in Pakistan; at least 46 were killed in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with 200 injured; ...


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