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Province
Nuristan
Afghanistan · Asia
Nuristan 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.
- LandslideHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- Water ScarcityMedium
- Extreme HeatLow
- River FloodVery Low
- Urban FloodVery Low
- CycloneVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 1990Hindu Kush, Chitral · M 6.011 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002