A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Bharatpur in Nepal on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 05:12:42 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200065ir. Unique identifier: us200065ir. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 84.4925° East, latitude 27.9339° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/16 / 2016-06-13 23:27:42 / June 13, 2016 @ 11:27 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pokhara (c. 200 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Bharatpur (c. 107 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rāmnagar, Pātan, Kathmandu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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