A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:45:55 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pic2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pic2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 03:45:55 / January 7, 2025 @ 3:45 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 87.3326° East, 28.6704° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya. Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 95 km NNE of Lobuche, Nepal.
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