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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Kirtipur in Nepal

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Kirtipur in Nepal. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004g5f. Id of event: us10004g5f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/01/16 / 2016-01-21 19:22:42 / January 21, 2016 @ 7:22 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.25 km (8 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:07:42 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 84.9933 East, latitude 28.0264 North, depth = 12.25 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panaoti, Banepa, Bharatpur (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bharatpur (c. 107 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Banepa (c. 17 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).

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 one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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. 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: 47 km NW of Kirtipur, Nepal.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	84.9933° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.0264° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47km NW of Kirtipur, Nepal	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-01-21 19:22:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-21 22:12:43	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	345	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	13	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	317	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	0.423	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	160	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	us10004g5f	Id of event.
Event Code	10004g5f	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004g5f,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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