A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:22:15 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000piev. Id of event: us6000piev. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 12:22:15 / January 7, 2025 @ 12:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.1829 East, latitude 28.2465 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.
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