2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes
- 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes
The 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes were two earthquakes which hit the Hindu Kush mountain range area in Afghanistan on March 3 and March 25 2002.
The March 3 earthquake
At 12:08:19 UTC a 7.4 tremor hit an area 65 km (40 miles) S of Feyzabad, Afghanistan. At least 150 people were killed, several injured and 400 houses damaged or destroyed by a landslide that dammed and flooded Surkundara Valley, Samangan Province. At least 13 people were killed at Kabul and Rostaq and 3 people killed in Bajaur, Pakistan. At least 300 houses were destroyed in Badakhshan and Takhar Provinces. A 45 meter wide fissure opened in Xiker Reservoir in Xinjiang, China. Felt in much of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Felt also in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and India. [ [http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2002/eq_020303/ USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN ] ]
The March 25 earthquake
At 14:56:33 UTC a 6.1 tremor hit an area 160 km (100 miles) SW of Feyzabad, Afghanistan. At least 1,000 people were killed, several hundred injured and several thousand homeless in Baghlan Province. At least 1,500 houses were destroyed or damaged at Nahrin and several hundred more in other areas of Baghlan Province. Landslides blocked many roads in the epicentral area. Felt strongly in much of northern Afghanistan. Also felt in the Islamabad-Peshawar area, Pakistan and at Dushanbe, Tajikistan. [ [http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2002/eq_020325/ USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN ] ]
See also
*2005 Hindu Kush earthquake
References
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