A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lamjung in Nepal on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 84.4392 East, latitude 28.0881 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 13:04:21 / September 26, 2019 @ 1:04 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:49:21 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us70005lmv. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005lmv.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Pokhara (c. 200 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bharatpur (c. 107 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tānsen (c. 23 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bāglung (c. 23 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirtipur, Hitura, Tānsen (min 5000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SSE of Lamjung, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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