M5.8 earthquake 45 km WNW of Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Khuzdar, 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 · revised from M5.6
Data: GFZ, INGV · updated 2026-10-17 05:07 UTC · automatic solution
- Magnitude
- 5.8moderate
moment magnitude (Mw)
revised from 5.6 - Depth
- 10 km
- Status
- Automatic
- Origin time
- 2026-10-17 05:06:57 UTC
- Local: 17 Oct 2026, 10:06:57 (Asia/Karachi)
- Epicentre
- 28.012° N, 66.219° E
Agencies reported this earthquake under two records that have not been merged yet. The main page is M5.7 earthquake 48 km WNW of Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| KhuzdarBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 218,112 | 45 km | VModerate |
| SurabBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 13,104 | 53 km | VModerate |
| KharanBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 30,841 | 101 km | IVLight |
| KalatBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 26,701 | 119 km | IVLight |
| WashukBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 41,107 | 142 km | IIIWeak |
| LarkanaSindh, Pakistan · pop. 364,033 | 202 km | IIIWeak |
| QuettaBalochistan, Pakistan · pop. 1,565,546 | 253 km | IIIWeak |
| SukkurSindh, Pakistan · pop. 563,851 | 262 km | IIIWeak |
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 302 km.
Every agency's solution
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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 7.6 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.
M5.8 releases about 32× the energy of M4.8, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 7.6 kt of TNT vs 239 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M4.8. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
No later earthquakes have been recorded within 100 km so far. 1 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Did you feel it?
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Reports on SeismoAtlas
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Event id gfz2026uikm. First recorded here 17 Oct 2026, 05:16:42 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026uikm); INGV (ingv:46871431). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M5.8 earthquake 45 km WNW of Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026uikm-m5-8-earthquake-45-km-wnw-of-khuzdar-balochistan-pakistan, data from GFZ, INGV.
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