On August 31, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan, followed by multiple aftershocks that caused widespread death and injury. Using data from the USGS, EU, and academic studies, Reuters charted a timeline of aftershocks near Jalalabad, some reaching 5.6 in magnitude. Using data from the International Seabed Authority, the story maps the little-understood depths of the ocean and the commercial drivers that risk upsetting fragile environments with sediment plumes from mining. Hanna Duggal is a data journalist at AJ Labs, the data, visual storytelling, and experiments team of Al Jazeera and a GIJN contributor. She has reported on issues such as policing, surveillance, and protests using data, and reported for GIJN on data journalism in the Middle East, investigating algorithms onTikTok, and on using data to investigate tribal lands in the US.