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Historic Earthquake
1949 Afghanistan Earthquake
4 March 1949 · Hindu-Kush, West Punjab · Afghanistan
On 4 March 1949 at 10:19 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Afghanistan (Hindu-Kush, West Punjab), at a depth of 230 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 230 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 4 March 1949
- Time
- 10:19 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 230 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Afghanistan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20152015 Hindu Kush Earthquake · M 7.5399 deaths
- 2002Hindu Kush, Samanghan · M 7.4166 deaths
- 1965Afghanistan · M 7.3
- 19561956 Baghlan Earthquake · M 7.6100 deaths
- 1922Hindu Kush · M 7.5
- 1921Hindu Kush · M 7.8
- 1911Hindu Kush · M 7.6
- 1909Hindu-Kush · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth