Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Kodari in Nepal

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kodari in Nepal. Global time and date of event 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 09:02:09 / August 23, 2015 @ 9:02 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: us100034be. Unique identifier: us100034be. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:47:09 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 86.0595 East, latitude 27.8497 North, depth = 35 km.

Close country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Banepa (c. 17 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hari Bdr Tamang House (c. 10 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from kankrabari Dovan (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirtipur, Pātan, Lobujya (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km SE of Kodari, Nepal.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	86.0595° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	27.8497° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km SE of Kodari, Nepal	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-08-23 09:02:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-23 09:22:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	345	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	385	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	12.424	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	100	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us100034be	Id of event.
Event Code	100034be	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100034be,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

86.0595° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

27.8497° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

15km SE of Kodari, Nepal

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-08-23 09:02:09

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-08-23 09:22:47

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

345

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

385

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

12.424

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.92 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

100

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us100034be

Id of event.

Event Code

100034be

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us100034be,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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