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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Lamjung in Nepal


Earthquake location 28.0881S, 84.4392WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lamjung in Nepal on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 84.4392 East, latitude 28.0881 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 13:04:21 / September 26, 2019 @ 1:04 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:49:21 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us70005lmv. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005lmv.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Pokhara (c. 200 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bharatpur (c. 107 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tānsen (c. 23 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bāglung (c. 23 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirtipur, Hitura, Tānsen (min 5000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SSE of Lamjung, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 84.4392° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.0881° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km SSE of Lamjung, Nepal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-26 13:04:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-26 20:46:08 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 298 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 6.08 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70005lmv Id of event.
Event Code 70005lmv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005lmv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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