A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q057. Unique identifier: us7000q057. Exact location of earthquake, 87.4372° East, 28.4141° North, depth 35 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:00:12 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 12:00:12 / May 19, 2025 @ 12:00 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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