Major earthquake, 7.1 mag strikes near Lobuche in Nepal

A major earthquake magnitude 7.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:05:16 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.3608 East, latitude 28.639 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pi9w. Event ids that are associated: us6000pi9w. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 01:05:16 / January 7, 2025 @ 1:05 am. The earthquake occurred 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).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khāndbāri, Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 141 km (88 miles) from Khāndbāri (c. 22 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 93 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	87.3608° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.639° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	93 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-07 01:05:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-07 01:24:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	11	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	8.048	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	pending	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	780	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	116	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	10.085	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	26	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000pi9w	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pi9w	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pi9w,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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