A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Panaoti in Nepal on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 85.7453 East, latitude 27.5452 North, depth = 15.04 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.04 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 21:46:25 / June 29, 2015 @ 9:46 pm. The temblor was detected at 03:31:25 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10002mfm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002mfm.
Close country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Janakpur (c. 93 800 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Janakpur, Malangwa, Hitura (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km E of Panaoti, Nepal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Mohsin
felts tremors in #Pakistan too…seems to be the same fault