A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Bharatpur in Nepal. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 04:07:50 / June 28, 2018 @ 4:07 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:52:50 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000fpul. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fpul. Exact location, longitude 84.8193° East, latitude 27.8504° North, depth = 35 km.
Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Raxaul, Pokhara, Bīrganj (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pokhara (c. 200 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Bīrganj (c. 133 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Bharatpur (c. 107 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Raxaul (c. 48 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km ENE of Bharatpur, Nepal.
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