When did the 2023 Herat earthquakes happen?
Major earthquakes struck Herat Province beginning on 7 October 2023, with additional damaging shocks during the following days. The sequence caused large-scale death, injury, housing destruction, and displacement in western Afghanistan.
What the figure or term means
Repeated events and aftershocks complicated shelter, health, water, and winter response.
Damage was especially severe in some rural settlements with vulnerable construction.
Casualty and housing totals vary by reporting date; cite the exact situation report used.
Use the source publication date when connecting an observance or historical event to a current statistic or appeal.
How to use this information responsibly
Events and observances help readers connect Afghanistan’s present humanitarian conditions with seasons, public dates, education, health, displacement, culture, and recent shocks.
Lunar-calendar dates can vary, historical events have multiple perspectives, and early disaster figures are revised. This library states dates carefully and links to primary or institutional records.
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