The Hindu Kush range remains geologically active and is still rising - it is prone to earthquakes.Afghanistan earthquake BBC News; See also October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake and 2016 Afghanistan earthquake.</ref> The Hindu Kush system stretches about laterally, and its median north–south measurement is about .The mountains are orographically described in several parts. Peaks in the western Hindu Kush rise to over and stretches between Darra-ye Sekari and the Shibar Pass in the west and the Khawak Pass in the east. The central Hindu Kush peaks rise to over , and this section has numerous spurs between the Khawak Pass in the east and the Durāh Pass in the west.