The 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, the maximum Mercalli intensity was V (Moderate) at Chitral, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Five people were killed in the Hindu Kush region and landslides blocked several roads near Bagh, Kashmir. The earthquake occurred some 65 miles from Faizabad, an Afghan city in the Hindu Kush mountains, but it could be felt in many neighboring areas, and even some 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 because it occurred deep underground ().
See also List of earthquakes in 2005 List of earthquakes in Afghanistan
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External links M6.5 – Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan – United States Geological Survey