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Monday, Dec 15, 2025 20:25 | just now | By: EarthquakeMonitor

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 4.9 quake in Pakistan near Uthal, Lasbela District, Balochistan, 33 minutes ago. The earthquake hit after midnight on Tuesday, December 16th, 2025, at 12:51 am local time at a shallow depth of 10. km. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include India’s National Center for Seismology (NCS) at magnitude 4.8, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.8.
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 Uthal (pop. 16,500) located 27 km from the epicenter, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Gadani (pop. 13,400) located 50 km from the epicenter, Bela (pop. 20,100) 82 km away, Goth Shams Pir (pop. 5,000) 84 km away, Karachi (pop. 11,624,200) 85 km away, and Arif Wala (pop. 157,100) 93 km away.
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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jul 23, 07:14 am (Karachi)

4.1

10 km30 km (19 mi) to the N 3.8 km northwest of Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan InfoMar 31, 04:10 pm (Karachi)

4.6

10 km58 km (36 mi) to the E Balochistan, 92 km north of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan 3 reportsInfoSep 24, 2023 05:38 pm (Karachi)

4.7

10 km85 km (53 mi) to the SE 39 km northeast of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan 1 reportInfoNov 8, 2021 12:38 pm (Karachi)

4.2

10 km102 km (63 mi) to the SW Arabian Sea, 118 km west of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan InfoNov 2, 2020 01:17 am (Universal Time)

4.5

10 km55 km (34 mi) to the S Arabian Sea, 17 km west of Gadani, Balochistan, Pakistan InfoOct 3, 2018 05:39 pm (Universal Time)

4.4

10 km53 km (33 mi) to the NE 54 km east of Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan InfoJan 31, 2018 11:39 pm (Karachi)

4.1

10 km90 km (56 mi) to the NW 8.2 km north of Bela, Balochistan, Pakistan InfoJan 31, 2018 10:57 am (Karachi)

4.3

10 km83 km (52 mi) to the NW 3.5 km northeast of Bela, Balochistan, Pakistan InfoJul 31, 2015 02:20 pm (Karachi)

4.2

35 km28 km (17 mi) to the W 30 km southwest of Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan InfoOct 15, 2013 12:15 am (Karachi)

4.2

14 km83 km (52 mi) to the E 94 km northeast of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan InfoSep 25, 2013 06:37 am (Karachi)

4.5

10 km36 km (22 mi) to the N 15 km northeast of Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan InfoSep 24, 2013 04:44 pm (Karachi)

5.0

10 km76 km (47 mi) to the W Arabian Sea, 81 km southwest of Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan InfoSep 24, 2013 04:29 pm (Karachi)

7.7

15 km194 km

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