A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Monday. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:58:22 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 87.4439° East, latitude 28.525° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjpb. Unique identifier: us6000pjpb. Global time and date of event 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 12:58:22 / January 13, 2025 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 89 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply