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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Gadani in Pakistan

Posted by admin on October 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.777S, 66.4086WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Gadani in Pakistan. Exact location of event, longitude 66.4086 East, latitude 24.777 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000rix3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rix3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 04:33:50 / October 1, 2025 @ 4:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:33:50 / 4:33 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Karachi (c. 11 624 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Malir Cantonment (c. 300 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Gadāni (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malir Cantonment, Karachi, Gadāni (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km SW of Gadani, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 66.4086° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.777° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km SW of Gadani, Pakistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-01 04:33:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-26 03:18:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.269 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rix3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rix3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rix3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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