A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Namche Bazar in Nepal. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10007cuh. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007cuh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/16 / 2016-11-27 23:35:21 / November 27, 2016 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 86.5253° East, latitude 27.8447° North, depth = 10 km. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:20:21 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hari Bdr Tamang House, kankrabari Dovan, Panaoti. Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Khāndbāri (c. 22 900 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Banepa (c. 17 200 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Hari Bdr Tamang House (c. 10 000 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from kankrabari Dovan (c. 10 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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