A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.393 East, latitude 28.4551 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000piij. Unique identifier: us6000piij. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 03:51:21 / January 8, 2025 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:51:21 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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