A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kodari in Nepal. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 86.1037 East, latitude 27.7513 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 21:13:01 / July 10, 2015 @ 9:13 pm. Event id: us20002wnl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002wnl. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:58:01 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirtipur, Pātan, Kathmandu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Banepa (c. 17 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hari Bdr Tamang House (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km SE of Kodari, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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