A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 07:54:10 / January 7, 2025 @ 7:54 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 87.2967° East, 28.4866° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:54:10 / 7:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000pid2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pid2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 76 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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