A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Surab in Pakistan. The temblor was picked up at 01:13:46 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 01:13:46 / April 16, 2025 @ 1:13 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.745 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000pw5n. Event ids that are associated: us7000pw5n. Exact location of event, longitude 66.5457 East, latitude 28.2647 North, depth = 31.745 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kalāt (c. 26 700 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Sūrāb (c. 13 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalāt, Sūrāb. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km SE of Surab, Pakistan.
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