Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Dadeldhurā in Nepal

Posted by admin on May 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 29.4591S, 80.4502WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Dadeldhurā in Nepal. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 20:03:50 / May 22, 2025 @ 8:03 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000q0xq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0xq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 80.4502 East, latitude 29.4591 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:03:50 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naini Tāl, Sitārganj, Haldwani (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Haldwani (c. 139 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Dhangarhi (c. 92 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Mahendranagar (c. 88 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Pithorāgarh (c. 47 600 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Naini Tāl (c. 42 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Almora (c. 32 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sitārganj (c. 24 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Did you feel anything?

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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km NW of Dadeldhurā, Nepal.

Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 80.4502° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.4591° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km NW of Dadeldhurā, Nepal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-22 20:03:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-22 20:33:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 326 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.555 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us7000q0xq Id of event.
Event Code 7000q0xq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q0xq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2025 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today