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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 72 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal

Posted by admin on January 7, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.3196S, 87.4229WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:13:27 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 01:13:27 / January 7, 2025 @ 1:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pia7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pia7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.4229 East, latitude 28.3196 North, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 72 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 87.4229° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.3196° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 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 01:13:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-07 01:38:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 400 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.822 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us6000pia7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pia7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pia7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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