Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Bhojpur in Nepal

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bhojpur in Nepal. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000npee. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000npee. Exact location, longitude 86.7989° East, latitude 27.3416° North, depth = 10 km. 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: 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 16:47:47 / October 14, 2024 @ 4:47 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:47:47 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rājbirāj, Ithari, Dharān Bāzār (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Dharān Bāzār (c. 108 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ithari (c. 48 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rājbirāj (c. 33 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lahān (c. 31 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Khāndbāri (c. 22 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dhankutā (c. 22 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 in the same area.

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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: 30 km NW of Bhojpur, Nepal.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	86.7989° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	27.3416° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30 km NW of Bhojpur, Nepal	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-14 16:47:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-04 21:51:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	246	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.424	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	158	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	us7000npee	Id of event.
Event Code	7000npee	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000npee,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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