A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Zhob in Pakistan. Exact location, longitude 69.9047° East, latitude 31.1481° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:10:29 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 10:10:29 / April 26, 2025 @ 10:10 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pyv2. Unique identifier: us7000pyv2.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taunsa, Zhob. Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Zhob (c. 50 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Taunsa (c. 44 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km ESE of Zhob, Pakistan.
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