A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Besisahar in Nepal. The temblor was detected at 22:01:59 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 84.3555° East, 28.6732° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 22:01:59 / August 30, 2024 @ 10:01 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000nns9. Event ids that are associated: us6000nns9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Pokhara (c. 200 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bāglung (c. 23 300 pop). 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 Bāglung, Pokhara.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km N of Besisahar, Nepal.
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