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Pakistan: earthquakes and wildfires

Latest earthquakes and active wildfires in Pakistan on a live map, the strongest earthquakes and largest fires on record, and statistics by year.

Live map – Pakistan

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Key statistics (30 days)

Earthquakes M2.5+ and the wildfire fronts shown on the map.

Fire danger

Today Extreme
Tomorrow Very high
Day after Very high

Forecast for the area around: Sukkur. Danger can vary locally; follow official guidance. Source: Copernicus EMS – EFFIS (FWI).

Severe weather (forecast)

  • Today: Rain – Extreme rain (≥ 50 mm) · Rawalpindi
  • Tomorrow: Rain – Extreme rain (≥ 50 mm) · Rawalpindi

Forecast for the area around: Pakistan. It does not replace warnings from the national weather service. Source: ECMWF / Copernicus EMS.

Recent events in Pakistan

Historical overview

Earthquakes M3.0+ and significant events of other hazards.

About Pakistan

Pakistan has recorded 3,306 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M7.7 in 2013.

Satellites have detected 50 significant wildfires here; the largest burned about 56,256 acres.

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes today: Pakistan →

3,306 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1976. The strongest was M7.7.

Recent earthquakes

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
4.339 mi NW of Hyderābād, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.419 mi SE of Dalbandin, Pakistan54.9 mi
5.730 mi WNW of Khuzdar, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.659 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan26.8 mi
4.526 mi ESE of Khuzdar, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.161 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan37.9 mi
4.460 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan31.1 mi
4.658 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan25.0 mi
4.360 mi SW of Dalbandin, Pakistan41.9 mi
4.362 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan40.7 mi
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MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
5.160 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan41.2 mi
4.640 mi WNW of Tank, Pakistan27.5 mi
4.262 mi W of Karachi, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.5near Jhelum, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.282 mi NNE of Gilgit, Pakistan23.9 mi
4.339 mi WSW of Gilgit, Pakistan38.7 mi
4.323 mi E of Quetta, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.216 mi E of Loralai, Pakistan6.2 mi
5.354 mi WSW of Taunsa, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.427 mi N of Kohlu, Pakistan6.2 mi
5.256 mi WNW of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.761 mi WNW of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.517 mi SSW of Wana, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.377 mi NE of Jaglot, Pakistan35.7 mi
4.69 mi NNE of Malakwal City, Pakistan8.3 mi
5.025 mi NW of Dajal, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.343 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.335 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.454 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan30.4 mi
4.458 mi SSW of Pasni, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.357 mi NNE of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.131 mi WNW of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.344 mi W of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.222 mi S of Kalat, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.534 mi NNE of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.543 mi ESE of Bannu, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.538 mi NW of Qubo Saeed Khan, Pakistan6.2 mi
5.048 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
5.057 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.244 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
5.146 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.370 mi WNW of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.242 mi NE of Sibi, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.393 mi ENE of Skardu, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.411 mi SE of Kalat, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.221 mi NE of Jaglot, Pakistan29.7 mi
5.242 mi NW of Gandakha, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.113 mi S of Dalbandin, Pakistan50.8 mi
4.049 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.759 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
5.655 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan21.7 mi
4.136 mi E of Gwadar, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.032 mi WNW of Chitral, Pakistan47.1 mi
5.091 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.35 mi NW of Jand, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.448 mi NW of Dajal, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.849 mi NW of Karachi, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.470 mi WSW of Taunsa, Pakistan23.3 mi
4.418 mi NE of Barkhan, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.49 mi NNE of Dhirkot, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.255 mi E of Skardu, Pakistan6.2 mi
4.334 mi N of Gilgit, Pakistan29.4 mi
4.579 mi ENE of Skardu, Pakistan6.2 mi

Strongest earthquakes on record

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
7.765 mi NW of Arif Wala, Pakistan9.3 mi
7.612 mi ENE of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan9.3 mi
7.229 mi WSW of Dalbandin, Pakistan42.3 mi
7.118 mi ESE of Harnai, Pakistan20.5 mi
6.857 mi SE of Washuk, Pakistan7.5 mi
6.48 mi NNW of Alik Ghund, Pakistan8.7 mi
6.438 mi NNE of Quetta, Pakistan9.3 mi
6.46 mi NE of Battagram, Pakistan5.0 mi
6.314 mi WSW of Pasni, Pakistan18.0 mi
6.320 mi SSW of Jaglot, Pakistan20.5 mi
6.360 mi ESE of Washuk, Pakistan9.3 mi
6.238 mi WSW of Khuzdar, Pakistan15.5 mi
6.117 mi WSW of Kalat, Pakistan6.2 mi
6.010 mi N of Kharan, Pakistan20.5 mi
6.08 mi SSE of Harnai, Pakistan20.5 mi

Earthquakes per year (M3.0+)

19772026
Year
202656M5.7
202555M5.2
202437M5.5
202332M5.2
202237M5.6
202159M5.9
202048M5.6
201950M5.6
201845M5.4
201731M6.3
201640M5.6
201561M5.6
201450M5.4
2013106M7.7
201248M5.6
201147M7.2
201039M5.4
200930M5.6
2008226M6.4
200790M5.5
2006166M5.3
2005650M7.6
200468M5.4
200339M5.0
2002120M6.3
200141M5.3
200040M6.0
199945M5.7
199853M5.4
1997235M7.1
199656M5.2
199544M5.7
199414M5.9
199330M5.6
199275M6.2
199137M5.6
199060M6.3
198925M6.0
198826M5.7
198723M5.6
198622M5.5
198543M5.9
198437M5.6
198318M5.0
198220M5.4
198136M5.9
198022M5.4
197913M4.8
197829M5.9
197715M5.5
197617M5.3

Wildfires

50 major fires since 2025. The largest covered about 56,256 acres.

Recent fires

AreaLocationSinceStatus
2,543 acres25 mi E of Kamoke, PakistanActive
1,260 acres17 mi W of Toba Tek Singh, PakistanActive
1,386 acres11 mi WSW of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
5,130 acres9 mi SE of Garh Maharaja, PakistanActive
13,611 acres8 mi N of Ahmadpur Sial, PakistanActive
5,125 acres16 mi SSW of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
7,129 acres13 mi NNW of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
8,463 acres20 mi NNE of Lahore, PakistanActive
791 acres18 mi WNW of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
1,003 acres22 mi NNE of Lahore, PakistanActive
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AreaLocationSinceStatus
1,764 acres38 mi SSW of Dera Ismail Khan, PakistanActive
1,292 acres7 mi WNW of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
2,142 acres30 mi NNE of Multan, PakistanActive
1,206 acres10 mi ESE of Shakargarh, PakistanActive
18,343 acres13 mi NE of Pindi Bhattian, PakistanActive
2,145 acres5 mi WSW of Ahmadpur Sial, PakistanActive
56,256 acres43 mi WNW of Faisalabad, PakistanActive
2,263 acres30 mi NE of Faisalabad, PakistanActive
1,468 acres36 mi W of Faisalabad, PakistanActive
5,357 acres5 mi SSW of Pindi Bhattian, PakistanActive
3,116 acresnear Haveli Lakha, PakistanActive
1,124 acres4 mi N of Pindi Bhattian, PakistanActive
1,300 acres25 mi SW of Dera Ismail Khan, PakistanActive
1,043 acres4 mi W of Sahiwal, PakistanActive
5,224 acres11 mi NW of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
2,177 acres10 mi SE of Pindi Bhattian, PakistanActive
8,782 acres13 mi N of Dera Ghazi Khan, PakistanActive
3,536 acres29 mi SSE of Chunian, PakistanActive
2,221 acres13 mi E of Hyderābād, PakistanActive
2,273 acres32 mi S of Kasur, PakistanActive
1,955 acres22 mi E of Kamoke, PakistanActive
1,705 acres26 mi SE of Gujranwala, PakistanActive
1,008 acres15 mi NNE of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
1,512 acres39 mi WSW of Lahore, PakistanActive
6,714 acres22 mi ENE of Lahore, PakistanActive
3,756 acres15 mi NW of Lahore, PakistanActive
833 acres7 mi ESE of Shakargarh, PakistanActive
6,729 acres11 mi S of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
7,270 acres12 mi NE of Taunsa, PakistanActive
1,127 acres36 mi NNW of Lahore, PakistanActive
2,960 acres26 mi N of Lahore, PakistanActive
1,463 acres25 mi E of Gujranwala, PakistanActive
1,626 acres13 mi N of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
5,231 acres24 mi E of Gujranwala, PakistanActive
3,712 acres11 mi NE of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
8,757 acres17 mi S of Sialkot, PakistanActive
2,086 acres15 mi WNW of Gujranwala, PakistanActive
2,780 acres6 mi NW of Sanghar, PakistanActive
1,201 acres48 mi ENE of Karachi, PakistanActive
1,156 acres33 mi ENE of Karachi, PakistanActive
1,122 acres32 mi S of Peshawar, PakistanActive
848 acres7 mi E of Kashmor, PakistanActive
1,327 acresnear Daud Khel, PakistanActive
1,213 acres34 mi N of Sargodha, PakistanActive
2,590 acres33 mi NNW of Dera Ismail Khan, PakistanActive
840 acres15 mi WSW of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
1,245 acres6 mi SE of Kallar Kahar, PakistanActive
3,566 acres4 mi NE of Lahore, PakistanActive
840 acres6 mi SSE of Pir Mahal, PakistanActive
1,554 acres9 mi NNE of Taunsa, PakistanActive
5,169 acres28 mi NE of Multan, PakistanActive
4,873 acres12 mi NE of Pindi Bhattian, PakistanActive
3,205 acres14 mi N of Rajanpur, PakistanActive
880 acres20 mi SW of Dera Ismail Khan, PakistanActive
1,623 acres5 mi N of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
2,392 acres40 mi ENE of Bannu, PakistanActive
2,125 acres21 mi ESE of Gujranwala, PakistanActive
796 acres17 mi WSW of Bhakkar, PakistanActive
2,518 acres24 mi SSE of Lahore, PakistanActive
798 acres31 mi S of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
2,523 acres4 mi W of Talamba, PakistanActive
2,412 acres15 mi SE of Gujranwala, PakistanActive
882 acres15 mi SW of Shekhupura, PakistanActive
1,092 acres26 mi SW of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
1,623 acres12 mi SW of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
1,816 acres8 mi NE of Bahawalnagar, PakistanActive
1,591 acres12 mi NW of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
1,745 acres22 mi SE of Gujranwala, PakistanActive
1,596 acres38 mi ESE of Faisalabad, PakistanActive
7,900 acres17 mi ESE of Lahore, PakistanActive
4,104 acres30 mi WSW of Lahore, PakistanActive
1,006 acres25 mi SSW of Sahiwal, PakistanActive
1,045 acres13 mi E of Pindi Bhattian, PakistanActive
2,501 acres17 mi SW of Gujranwala, PakistanActive
1,260 acres6 mi SSW of Chunian, PakistanActive
9,291 acres24 mi NE of Lahore, PakistanActive
917 acres10 mi SE of Shakargarh, PakistanActive
1,549 acres26 mi E of Lahore, PakistanActive
1,300 acres17 mi WNW of Bhawana, PakistanActive
2,540 acres28 mi NNW of Lahore, PakistanActive
4,836 acres11 mi NE of Kabirwala, PakistanActive
2,491 acres20 mi NNW of Karachi, PakistanInactive
1,431 acres47 mi WNW of Multan, PakistanInactive
956 acres21 mi ESE of Peshawar, PakistanInactive
840 acres26 mi NNE of Multan, PakistanInactive
1,095 acres29 mi S of Kasur, PakistanInactive
3,057 acres24 mi SE of Lahore, PakistanInactive
2,283 acres10 mi SE of Gujranwala, PakistanInactive
791 acres12 mi WSW of Gujranwala, PakistanInactive
1,260 acres21 mi NE of Multan, PakistanInactive
1,507 acres29 mi E of Lahore, PakistanInactive
882 acres12 mi WNW of Layyah, PakistanInactive
1,668 acres21 mi N of Lahore, PakistanInactive
4,831 acres8 mi NE of Hujra Shah Muqim, PakistanInactive
1,651 acres6 mi WNW of Chishtian, PakistanInactive
1,045 acres19 mi SW of Shekhupura, PakistanInactive
914 acres10 mi S of Sialkot, PakistanInactive
3,158 acres10 mi NNW of Karachi, PakistanInactive
2,276 acres32 mi SSE of Chunian, PakistanInactive
2,355 acres9 mi E of Basirpur, PakistanInactive
1,512 acres30 mi ESE of Kasur, PakistanInactive
1,221 acres9 mi SW of Haveli Lakha, PakistanInactive
885 acres5 mi NNW of Haveli Lakha, PakistanInactive
840 acres33 mi SW of Jhang Sadr, PakistanInactive
1,181 acres20 mi ESE of Arifwala, PakistanInactive
1,890 acres6 mi WSW of Dipalpur, PakistanInactive
756 acres39 mi E of Multan, PakistanInactive
756 acres23 mi SSW of Hyderābād, PakistanInactive
833 acres21 mi ENE of Kamoke, PakistanInactive
1,176 acres24 mi SSE of Chunian, PakistanInactive
3,487 acres27 mi W of Lahore, PakistanInactive
6,341 acres32 mi ESE of Faisalabad, PakistanInactive
5,463 acres6 mi SE of Hujra Shah Muqim, PakistanInactive
2,731 acresnear Hujra Shah Muqim, PakistanInactive
10,154 acres54 mi SE of Badin, PakistanInactive
2,538 acres27 mi ENE of New Mirpur City, PakistanInactive
4,964 acres53 mi SE of Badin, PakistanInactive
5,562 acres30 mi SE of Quetta, PakistanInactive
3,588 acres22 mi E of Islamabad, PakistanInactive
8,145 acres14 mi ESE of Narowal, PakistanInactive
2,933 acres4 mi SSE of Kohlu, PakistanInactive

Largest fires on record

AreaLocationSinceStatus
56,256 acres43 mi WNW of Faisalabad, PakistanActive
18,343 acres13 mi NE of Pindi Bhattian, PakistanActive
13,611 acres8 mi N of Ahmadpur Sial, PakistanActive
10,154 acres54 mi SE of Badin, PakistanInactive
9,291 acres24 mi NE of Lahore, PakistanActive
8,782 acres13 mi N of Dera Ghazi Khan, PakistanActive
8,757 acres17 mi S of Sialkot, PakistanActive
8,463 acres20 mi NNE of Lahore, PakistanActive
8,145 acres14 mi ESE of Narowal, PakistanInactive
7,900 acres17 mi ESE of Lahore, PakistanActive
7,270 acres12 mi NE of Taunsa, PakistanActive
7,129 acres13 mi NNW of Jhang Sadr, PakistanActive
6,729 acres11 mi S of Hafizabad, PakistanActive
6,714 acres22 mi ENE of Lahore, PakistanActive
6,341 acres32 mi ESE of Faisalabad, PakistanInactive

Major fires per year

20252026
Year
20264456,256 acres
202566,729 acres

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