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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 42 km ENE of Bharatpur, Nepal


Earthquake location 27.8504S, 84.8193WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 84.8193° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.8504° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km ENE of Bharatpur, Nepal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-28 04:07:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-28 04:30:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 345 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.2 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 342 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 1.766 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us2000fpul Id of event.
Event Code 2000fpul An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fpul, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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