M5.6 earthquake 43 km S of Surab, Balochistan, Pakistan
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 43 km S of Surab, Balochistan, Pakistan at 10:06 local time (05:06 UTC) on 17 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to GFZ and INGV. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.
Reported by 2 agencies
Data: GFZ, INGV · updated 2026-10-17 05:07 UTC · automatic solution
- Magnitude
- 5.6moderate
magnitude (M) - Depth
- 10 km
- Status
- Automatic
- Origin time
- 2026-10-17 05:06:58 UTC
- Local: 17 Oct 2026, 10:06:58 (Asia/Karachi)
- Epicentre
- 28.103° N, 66.243° E
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Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| SurabBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 13,104 | 43 km | VModerate |
| KhuzdarBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 218,112 | 49 km | VModerate |
| KharanBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 30,841 | 96 km | IVLight |
| KalatBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 26,701 | 109 km | IVLight |
| Qubo Saeed KhanSindh, Pakistan · pop. 99,308 | 146 km | IIIWeak |
| LarkanaSindh, Pakistan · pop. 364,033 | 203 km | IIIWeak |
| QuettaBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 1,565,546 | 242 km | IIIWeak |
| SukkurSindh, Pakistan · pop. 563,851 | 261 km | IIWeak |
Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 243 km.
Every agency's solution
Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses GFZ.
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How big was it?
Felt by most people over a wide area. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.
It released roughly the energy of 3.8 kt of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 10 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.
M5.6 releases about 32× the energy of M4.6, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 3.8 kt of TNT vs 120 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M4.6. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
No later earthquakes have been recorded within 80 km so far. 1 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Did you feel it?
Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.
Reports on SeismoAtlas
No reports yet.
Event id gfz2026uikm. First recorded here 17 Oct 2026, 05:16:42 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026uikm); INGV (ingv:46871431). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M5.6 earthquake 43 km S of Surab, Balochistan, Pakistan”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026uikm-m5-6-earthquake-43-km-s-of-surab-balochistan-pakistan, data from GFZ, INGV.
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