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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Islamabad, Pakistan

Published: 12 April 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Sat, 12 Apr 2025, 07:43 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Islamabad, Pakistan, was reported only 11 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 32.50 km beneath the epicenter around noon on Saturday, April 12th, 2025, at 12:30 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.2 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.2.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Sanjwal (pop. 10,700) located 17 km from the epicenter, Hazro City (pop. 26,300) 18 km away, Attock City (pop. 85,500) 24 km away, Haripur (pop. 57,000) 38 km away, Tordher (pop. 150,000) 38 km away, Swabi (pop. 97,400) 40 km away, and Islamabad (pop. 601,600) 40 km away, the

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