A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Gadani in Pakistan on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 66.5164 East, latitude 25.4128 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rv2d. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rv2d. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:50:59 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/25 / 2025-12-15 19:50:59 / December 15, 2025 @ 7:50 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bela, Malir Cantonment, Karachi. Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Karachi (c. 11 624 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Malir Cantonment (c. 300 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bela (c. 20 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Uthal (c. 16 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Gadāni (c. 13 400 pop). Close country/countries, Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km NW of Gadani, Pakistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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