2005 Hindu Kush earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan with a magnitude of 6.5 on December 12 at 21:47 ( UTC ) . According to the United States Geological Survey 's ShakeMap and Did You Feel It ? products , the maximum Mercalli intensity was VI ( '' Strong '' ) at Chitral . Five people were killed in the Hindu Kush region and landslides blocked several roads near Bagh , Kashmir . The earthquake occurred some 65 miles away from Faizabad , a city in the Hindu Kush mountains , but it could be felt in many neighboring areas . It could even be felt about 200 miles away in Islamabad , Pakistan . The quake was strong enough to trigger panic among survivors of October 's devastating earthquake , who came out from their makeshift shelters in freezing temperatures . Although magnitude-6 earthquakes typically cause severe damage , this quake caused relatively little due to the fact that it occurred deep underground ( about 140 miles )
October 's devastating earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
2005 Hindu Kush earthquake