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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Kirtipur in Nepal

Posted by admin on May 23, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 27.7402S, 85.0984WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kirtipur in Nepal on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/16 / 2016-05-23 19:09:53 / May 23, 2016 @ 7:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:54:53 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 85.0984 East, latitude 27.7402 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005jdi. Unique identifier: us10005jdi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bīrganj (c. 133 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bharatpur (c. 107 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Raxaul (c. 48 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Raxaul, Bīrganj, Bharatpur (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 18 km WNW of Kirtipur, Nepal.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 85.0984° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.7402° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km WNW 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 2016-05-23 19:09:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-23 23:15:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 345 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 289 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 0.194 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us10005jdi Id of event.
Event Code 10005jdi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005jdi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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