Afghanistan: Earthquake contingency plan (issued Nov 2020)
15 December, 2020 - 09:10
Country: Afghanistan
Sources: World Health Organization, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Children's Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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SCENARIO OVERVIEW
Afghanistan is located in a seismically active region, and earthquakes pose a significant threat to many parts of the country, including a number of densely populated urban areas. In the last 10 years, more than 7,000 people have lost their lives because of earthquakes in Afghanistan, with an average of 560 fatalities per year. Of the potentially active faults, it is projected that the Chaman fault, the Hari Rud fault, the Central Badakhshan fault and the Darvaz fault present the greatest seismic risk.