M 5.8 in Afghanistan on 03 Apr 2026 16:12 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 1533026
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 186.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.5479 , 70.852
Event Date: 03 Apr 2026 16:12 UTC
03 Apr 2026 20:42 Local
Exposed Population: 12.7 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2026 16:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000smda Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Afghanistan - Severe weather, floods and earthquake, update (ECHO 12 Apr 2026)Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:31

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting most of Afghanistan, causing several severe weather-related incidents, floods and landslides, with casualties and widespread damage.
  • Media report that since 26 March 110 people died, 160 were injured, some people are still missing. Nearly 1 000 houses were destroyed and approximately 4 150 damaged houses were damaged, countrywide. The Kabul-Jalalabad highway has been closed for 4 days.
  • In addition, an earthquake of 5.8 M at a depth of 186 km occurred in north-eastern Afghanistan (near the border with Pakistan) on 3 April at 16.12 UTC (20.42 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 35 km south of the Jurm village (Badakhshan province). Media report 12 fatalities, four injured people, five destroyed houses and 33 damaged houses across the Kabul, Panjsher, Logar, Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces.
  • Over the next 24 hours more rainfall, locally heavy, is in the forecast for large parts of the country.
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),