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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Lobuche in Nepal


Earthquake location 28.4551S, 87.393WA 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.

Questions or comments?

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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 87.393° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.4551° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 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 2025-01-08 03:51:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-08 04:04:02 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 354 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.935 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us6000piij Id of event.
Event Code 6000piij An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000piij, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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