Temblor’s simulation of 50,000 years of earthquakes greater than or equal to mag-nitude 5 in Afghanistan identifies that the October earthquakes struck an area of relatively low seismicity. While this could be a weakness of the simulation, it more likely reflects few quakes having occurred there in the past century, as well as lack of strain rate data for the region. Credit: Gabriel Lotto, Temblor CC BY-NC-ND 4.0