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Province
Herat
Afghanistan · Asia
Herat is a province of Afghanistan, in Asia. It lies on the Eurasian Plate. Records include 1 major earthquake since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- WildfireHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Urban FloodLow
- EarthquakeLow
- LandslideLow
- Water ScarcityLow
- River FloodVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20232023 Herat Earthquakes · M 6.31,482 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002