A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Monday. Exact location, longitude 87.2123° East, latitude 28.347° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000pjq4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjq4. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:19:08 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 15:19:08 / January 13, 2025 @ 3:19 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days thirty 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 59 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.
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