Hindu Kush
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| Elevation | 7690 |
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| Regions | Central Asia-South |
| Highest point | Noshaq |
| Passes | Dorah Pass |
| Gomal Pass | |
| Salang Pass | |
| Wakhjir Pass | |
| Did you know | The western Safid Koh, the Siah Band and Doshakh are commonly referred to as the Paropamisus by western scholars. |
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| ID | 955746 |
About Hindu Kush
The Hindu Kush, also known in Ancient Greek as the Caucasus Indicus or Paropamisadae, is an 800-kilometre-long mountain range that stretches through Afghanistan, from its centre to northern Pakistan and into Tajikistan and China.
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... " Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates...
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Why do so many devastating earthquakes happen in Afghanistan?
... Two successive earthquakes in the Hindu Kush mountains in killed more than 1,100 people...
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Why do so many devastating earthquakes happen in Afghanistan?
At least 1,000 people have died and another 3,000 have been injured in an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.
Hundreds of houses were also destroyed in The Event , which took place in the mountainous province of Paktika.
It is the deadliest earthquake to have struck Afghanistan in two decades.
Why are there so many earthquakes in Afghanistan?Earthquakes happen when there is sudden movement along the tectonic plates which Make Up The Earth 's surface. Fractures called Fault Lines occur where the plates collide.
Afghanistan is very prone to earthquakes because it is located on top of A Number of Fault Lines where The Indian and Eurasian plates meet.
In the, there have been 10 moderately-sized earthquakes in and around Afghanistan with magnitudes of 4 and over.
There have also been with magnitudes of between 1. 5 and 4.
Why was the recent earthquake so deadly?The earthquake was caused by stress built up from the collision of The Indian and Eurasian plates. It measured, according to the US Geological Survey.
This is roughly equivalent to, or 37 times the energy released by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, according to the US Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Tremors were felt As Far as 500km away in Pakistan and India.
One of the reasons why it was so destructive is that it happened only, according to the US Geological Survey's measurements.
" This part of Afghanistan contains the foothills of The Himalayas , " says Dr Brian Baptie, seismologist with The British Geological Survey.
" Here, the tectonic plates are not colliding directly, but are partly sliding past each other. The result of this is that earthquakes in this region tend to be more shallow, and so the shaking is much closer to The Surface .
" This earthquake was only a moderate-sized one but in terms of impact, it was extremely destructive. "
What other earthquakes have hit Afghanistan?Over The Past decade More Than 7,000 people have been killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the. There are an average of 560 deaths a year from earthquakes.
Most recently, back-to-back earthquakes in the country's west in January killed More Than 20 people and destroyed hundreds of houses.
The, measuring magnitude 7. 5, killed 399 people. The earthquake was felt as Far Away as Xinjiang province in China, 870 miles (1,400km) away.
Two successive earthquakes in the Hindu Kush mountains in killed More Than 1,100 people.
An, in Takhar and Badakhshan provinces in northern Afghanistan, killed about 4,000 people. Nearly 100 villages and 16,000 houses were destroyed or damaged, and 45,000 people were made homeless.
An earthquake in, in the same region, had already killed up to 4,000 people and made 15,000 others homeless.
Why are earthquakes particularly damaging in Afghanistan?Japan and countries in South America tend to have more earthquakes than Afghanistan, says Dr Baptie.
" However, Afghanistan is particularly vulnerable, because The Buildings there are not earthquake-resistant, " he says.
" They tend to be built of timber and Adobe - a type of mud Brick - or out of weak concrete. "
A lot of damage from earthquakes in Afghanistan's mountains also comes from the landslides they cause.
These can flatten houses in mountain villages and also block up rivers, causing widespread flooding.
Sometimes, it takes several days for news of an earthquake disaster to reach The Authorities .
Landslides can close roads, Making It difficult to get rescue workers and equipment to remote mountain locations.
Rescue efforts are then often hampered by hostile weather conditions such as rain or snow, fog, and extreme cold.
The UN says last week's earthquake has hit Afghanistan at a particularly bad time.
" Afghanistan is going through a dire humanitarian crisis with some 3. 5 million people displaced inside the country, "
" Millions of others are struggling to survive amid rising levels of poverty and hunger. "
Source of news: bbc.com
