Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan’s Fayzabad

 

“Earthquake of Magnitude:4.1, Occurred on 02-03-2023, 02:35:57 IST, Lat: 37.73 & Long: 73.47, Depth: 245 Km, Location: 267km ENE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan”, NCS tweeted on Thursday.

 

Among the provinces of Afghanistan, Badakhshan and Takhar are the two that are prone to hazards, notably earthquakes and landslides.

 

Badakhshan province has recently had a lot of earthquakes; this is cause for serious alarm and caution.

 

Last week, two earthquakes hit Fayzabad of Badakhshan province with the same magnitude; earlier, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake stuck Afghanistan-Tajikistan by an aftershock measuring 5.0 magnitude and another earthquake measuring 4.6 magnitudes.

 

Two earthquakes shook the Afghan province of Badakhshan in January, and multiple avalanches happened within a month. The province is prone to disasters compared to the rest of the country.

 

Meanwhile, In February, a Dutch expert predicted that there might be a big earthquake in Afghanistan, and the epicentre of the quake, estimated to be Afghanistan, goes via Pakistan and India.