Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Bharatpur in Nepal

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Bharatpur in Nepal. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70003mg6. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003mg6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 08:23:37 / May 17, 2019 @ 8:23 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 84.6955° East, latitude 27.9226° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:08:37 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pokhara (c. 200 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bharatpur (c. 107 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Rāmnagar (c. 43 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rāmnagar, Wāling, Panaoti (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	84.6955° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	27.9226° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37km NE 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	2019-05-17 08:23:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-17 08:41:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	345	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	340	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	1.872	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	174	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	us70003mg6	Id of event.
Event Code	70003mg6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70003mg6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

84.6955° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

27.9226° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

37km NE 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

2019-05-17 08:23:37

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-05-17 08:41:19

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

345

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

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

340

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.872

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.06 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

174

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70003mg6

Id of event.

Event Code

70003mg6

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70003mg6,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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