Kabul/Tibet: Earthquakes rattled elements of Asia late on Monday evening, with Afghanistan recording a magnitude 4.1 tremor and Tibet experiencing a 3.2 quake, in accordance with the Nationwide Middle for Seismology (NCS).
In Afghanistan, the earthquake struck at a depth of 180 kilometres. The NCS confirmed on X, “EQ of M: 4.1, On: 06/10/2025 20:12:21 IST, Lat: 36.64 N, Lengthy: 70.88 E, Depth: 180 Km, Location: Afghanistan.”
This comes after a shallower 3.9-magnitude quake hit the area on September 28 at a depth of simply 10 kilometres, making it liable to aftershocks. The NCS posted, “EQ of M: 3.9, On: 28/09/2025 04:16:13 IST, Lat: 34.62 N, Lengthy: 70.84 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Afghanistan.”
Shallow earthquakes are typically extra hazardous than deep ones. Seismic waves have much less distance to journey to the floor, producing stronger shaking, probably extra structural harm and better casualties.
India has reiterated its dedication to assist Afghanistan amid these challenges. On September 18, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, India’s Everlasting Consultant to the United Nations, informed the Safety Council, “We consider within the utmost significance of worldwide and regional consensus and cooperation on key points regarding Afghanistan and actively interact with all related events to advertise peace, stability and improvement within the nation.”
He added, “India’s fast priorities in Afghanistan embrace provision of humanitarian help and implementation of capacity-building initiatives for the Afghan folks.”
The ambassador additionally reaffirmed assist for the UN Help Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and thanked SRSG Roza Otunbayeva for her briefing.
In the meantime, Tibet additionally skilled a magnitude 3.7 quake on October 6 evening at 10 kilometres depth. The NCS information present, “EQ of M: 3.7, On: 02/10/2025 05:49:04 IST, Lat: 28.42 N, Lengthy: 87.26 E, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Tibet.”
The Tibetan Plateau is very seismically energetic because of the collision of the Indian tectonic plate with the Eurasian plate. This ongoing tectonic push not solely creates earthquakes but in addition drives the uplift of the Himalayas.
Faults within the northern plateau primarily present strike-slip exercise, whereas the south experiences east-west extension alongside north-south trending regular faults. Satellite tv for pc imagery from the late Seventies and Eighties first mapped seven main rifts and regular faults in southern Tibet, forming 4 to eight million years in the past.
Traditionally, Tibet has seen a number of the area’s largest earthquakes, reaching magnitudes of 8.0 or larger alongside strike-slip faults. Smaller regular faulting earthquakes additionally happen, together with 5 occasions between magnitudes 5.9 and seven.1 in 2008 at numerous places throughout the plateau.
The current tremors in Afghanistan and Tibet spotlight the continued seismic vulnerability of those areas. Shallow quakes, mixed with present infrastructural challenges, heighten the danger to native communities and demand preparedness measures, humanitarian assist and vigilant monitoring.