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. An earthquake is a natural phenomenon that results from the sudden release of stored energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

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. [1] Feyzabad (also spelled Fayzabad) is the largest city in the Afghan Badakhshan province with around 50. ... Samangan (Persian: سمنگان) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... Rustaq (Arabic: ) is a town in the region Al Bāţinah, in northern Oman. ... Bajaur (Urdu: باجوڑ) is an Agency (district) of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. ... Badakhshan is a region comprising parts of northeastern Afghanistan and of Tajikistan. ... For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. ...

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. [2] Categories: Afghanistan geography stubs | Provinces of Afghanistan ...