Afghanistan, Pakistan have been hit by a spate of quakes in recent years

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake and strong aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people at the end of August.

Here are some recent quakes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region which lies at the intersection of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

2025

** A magnitude 6.2 quake struck southeastern Afghanistan just before midnight on August 31. It was followed by a series of strong aftershocks over the next week, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring thousands.

** A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck central Pakistan on June 29.

** A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Pakistan on May 10, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

** Quakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.8 hit the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan-Tajikistan border regions on April 16 and 19, respectively.

** A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Pakistan on April 12.

** Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi was hit by several moderate or minor tremors in March and June.

2024

** A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on October 17.

** An earthquake of magnitude 5.75 struck Pakistan on September 11.

** Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and 5.8 struck Pakistan between March 19 and March 20.

** An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hit northwestern Kashmir on February 19.

** A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on January 11.

** A magnitude 5 earthquake hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on January 5.

2023

** An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on November 15.

** Around 1,000 people died as multiple earthquakes rattled Afghanistan in October.

** On August 6, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hit the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.

** Earthquakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.7 hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on May 3 and on August 5, respectively.

** An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit northern Afghanistan in late March, killing at least 13.

** A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on January 5.

2022

** An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit southeastern Afghanistan on December 16.

** Over September 5 and 6, at least two earthquakes struck Afghanistan, killing at least eight people.

** A magnitude 5.6 quake struck Pakistan's southwestern region on August 1.

** A magnitude 6 earthquake in Afghanistan killed more than 1,000 people in June.

** A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on February 5.

** An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit western Afghanistan on January 17.

2021

** At least 15 people were killed after an earthquake struck southern Pakistan on October 7.

** A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Afghanistan on May 19.