A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Triyuga in Nepal on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 86.7342 East, latitude 27.0552 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 17:30:09 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qwqt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qwqt. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 17:30:09 / August 22, 2025 @ 5:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Janakpur, Jogbani, Birātnagar. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Birātnagar (c. 182 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dharān Bāzār (c. 108 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Janakpur (c. 93 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ithari (c. 48 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Jogbani (c. 33 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rājbirāj (c. 33 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 29 km N of Triyuga, Nepal.
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