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- Resource ID
- fe9026ec-c367-11e5-87df-040146164b01
- Title
- Earthquakes Pose a Serious Hazard in Afghanistan
- Date
- April 1, 2007, 12:31 p.m., Publication
- Abstract
- The nation of Afghanistan is located in a geologically active part of the world where the northward-moving Indian plate is colliding with southern part of the Eurasian plate at a rate of about 1.7 inches per year (43 mm/yr) (fig. 1). This colli- sion has created the world’s highest mountains and causes slips on major faults that generate large, often devastating earth- quakes. An example is the magnitude 7.6 earthquake on October 8, 2005, in Kashmir, Pakistan, which caused more than 80,000 fatalities and left an estimated 4 million people homeless. Each year Afghanistan is struck by moderate to strong earthquakes, and every few years, a powerful earthquake causes significant damage or fatalities. As Afghanistan rebuilds follow- ing decades of war and strife, new construction and develop- ment need to be designed to accommodate the hazards posed by strong earthquakes.
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- Responsible
- andy
- Point of Contact
- Fraser
- sfraser@worldbank.org
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- None
- Type
- not filled
- Restrictions
- None
- License
- Public Domain / USG
- Language
- eng
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- No information provided
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- Spatial Reference System Identifier
- EPSG:4326
- Keywords
- (6299, 20, 416, 48, 20, 'Earthquake', 'earthquake'), (6300, 39, 416, 48, 39, 'Afghanistan', 'afghanistan'), (6298, 90, 416, 48, 90, 'USGS', 'usgs'), (6297, 185, 416, 48, 185, 'Hazard assessment', 'hazard-assessment_1')
- Category
- Geoscientific Information
- Regions
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Afghanistan