Major earthquake, 7.3 mag strikes near Kathmandu in Nepal

A major earthquake magnitude 7.3 (mg/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Zham in China. The temblor was reported at 12:50:19 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 18.47 km (11 miles). Global time of event 12/05/15 / 2015-05-12 07:05:19 / May 12, 2015 @ 7:05 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 86.1535 East, latitude 27.8428 North, depth 18.47 km, unique identifier, us20002ejl.

Close countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 127 km (79 miles) from Janakpur (c. 93 800 pop), 120 km (74 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 150 km (93 miles) from Bairāgnia (c. 37 500 pop), 128 km (80 miles) from Lahān (c. 31 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 148 km (92 miles) from Gaur (c. 27 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dhankutā, Bairāgnia, Gaur.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	86.1535° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	27.8428° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18.47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km SE of Zham, China	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-05-12 07:05:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-05-12 07:24:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	345	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	842	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.593	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	25	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwp	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20002ejl	Id of event.
Event Code	20002ejl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20002ejl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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