Evidence for distributed transpressional deformation and seismic hazard implications from the 2025 Mw 6.0 Asadabad- Kunar earthquake, Eastern Afghanistan
The Hindu Kush region of eastern Afghanistan is an active intracontinental deformation zone where ongoing India-Eurasia convergence is accommodated through interacting strike-slip, reverse and transpressional fault systems. On 31st August 2025, an Mw 6.0 earthquake occurred within the Kunar-Spin Ghar fault system, caus...