On September 5, 2022, a reverse faulting earthquake with a moderate magnitude of 5.1 struck Kunar Province, Afghanistan, close to the city of Jalalabad.

[2] These earthquakes beneath the Hindu Kush are the result of movement on faults accommodating detachment of the subducted crust.

This zone consists of seismically active thrust and strike-slip faults that have accommodated crustal deformation since the beginning of the formation of the Himalayan orogeny.

These earthquakes tend to display strike-slip faulting due to its abundance and high deformation rate.

The Ministry of Information and Culture said that at least nine fatalities were reported in the Mazar Dara and Shalat areas of Nurgal District in Kunar province.