A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. Exact location, longitude 87.3944° East, latitude 28.5044° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 01:24:26 / January 7, 2025 @ 1:24 am UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:24:26 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000piak. Id of event: us6000piak. 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). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 84 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.
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