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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 11 km SW of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal


Earthquake location 27.8713S, 85.8877WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kodāri̇̄ in Nepal. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:34:03 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/20 / 2020-09-15 23:34:03 / September 15, 2020 @ 11:34 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 85.8877° East, 27.8713° North. Id of earthquake: us7000bnsh. Event ids that are associated: us7000bnsh.

Country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hitura, Lobujya, Kirtipur. Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Banepa (c. 17 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hari Bdr Tamang House (c. 10 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 11 km SW of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 85.8877° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.8713° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SW of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-15 23:34:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-15 23:52:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 436 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 0.822 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us7000bnsh Id of event.
Event Code 7000bnsh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bnsh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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