A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (mg/mb) has struck on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ramechhap in Nepal. The temblor was reported at 17:19:10 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 16/05/15 / 2015-05-16 11:34:10 / May 16, 2015 @ 11:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 86.0754 East, latitude 27.5457 North, depth 10 km, unique identifier, us100029rn. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us100029rn,.
Close countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Janakpur (c. 93 800 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Lahān (c. 31 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Sirāhā (c. 24 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khāndbāri, Jaynagar, Hitura.
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Keshav
Yes….!!! I felt it… 😮
Rojan
Yeap it was dolakha