A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:56:20 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pizl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pizl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 17:56:20 / January 9, 2025 @ 5:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 87.3397° East, 28.5459° North, depth 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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