An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Afghanistan on Monday morning, mentioned National Center of Seismology.That is the fourth consecutive earthquake to hit the nation within the final 4 days. Sharing the small print in a publish on X, NCS mentioned that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 140 kiolometres at 08:54 hours (Indian Commonplace Time). “EQ of M: 4.2, On: 19/05/2025 08:54:18 IST, Lat: 36.41 N, Lengthy: 70.94 E, Depth: 140 Km, Location: Afghanistan,” NCS mentioned. Earlier on Sunday, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 had jolted Afghanistan. As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 150km.Beforehand on Might 17, an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 struck the area. In a publish on X, the NCS mentioned, “EQ of M: 4.2, On: 17/05/2025 16:26:34 IST, Lat: 36.37 N, Lengthy: 69.83 E, Depth: 120 Km, Location: Afghanistan.”On Might 16, one other earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck the area.”EQ of M: 4.0, On: 16/05/2025 00:47:40 IST, Lat: 36.56 N, Lengthy: 70.99 E, Depth: 120 Km, Location: Afghanistan.”Afghanistan has a historical past of highly effective earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain vary is a geologically energetic space the place quakes happen yearly, in line with the Pink Cross.Afghanistan sits on quite a few fault traces between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line additionally working straight by means of Herat. Its location on a number of energetic fault traces alongside the collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates makes it a seismically energetic area. These plates meet and collide, inflicting frequent seismic exercise. As per the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan stays extremely weak to pure disasters, together with seasonal flooding, landslides and earthquakes.These frequent earthquakes in Afghanistan trigger harm to weak communities, that are already grappling with a long time of battle and under-development and have left them with little resilience to deal with a number of simultaneous shocks, UNOCHA famous.