M 6.1 in Afghanistan on 27 Jun 2026 13:34 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1548849
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 208.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.4806 , 70.7401
Event Date: 27 Jun 2026 13:34 UTC
27 Jun 2026 18:04 Local
Exposed Population: 140 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 27 Jun 2026 13:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000t8pa Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

6.2 earthquake jolts northeastern Afghanistan, strong tremors felt in .. 6/28/2026 12:05:00 PM.

Kabul, Jun 27 (UNI) A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday evening, sending tremors all the way from Pakistan to northern India and Tajikistan, with mild tremors felt in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzsta
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Three rangers and as many militants killed in attack on Pakistan param.. 6/28/2026 11:20:00 AM.

?Three security personnel were also killed and four wounded when the militants detonated a bomb and opened fire at a camp of the Sindh Rangers, a federal paramilitary, in the city. The military claimed that they captured a fourth attacker a
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5.8-magnitude earthquake hits Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan 6/28/2026 7:55:00 AM.

New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) A moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. The quake’s epicenter was located at a depth
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6.2-magnitude quake in Afghanistan, tremors felt in North Indian state.. 6/28/2026 7:36:00 AM.

New Delhi, Jun 27 (UNI) Tremors were felt in parts of Delhi-NCR and several northern states on Saturday evening after a 6.2-magnitude quake struck Afghanistan. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred a
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),