With a magnitude of 9.5, this is the strongest earthquake ever recorded. It caused massive destruction and triggered a powerful tsunami. A 9.1–9.3 magnitude earthquake struck on December 26, 2004. It ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border on Saturday, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 92 km (57 miles), GFZ said.