A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 87.3545° East, 28.4032° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 01:43:49 / January 7, 2025 @ 1:43 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:43:49 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000piav. Unique identifier: us6000piav. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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