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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Jumla in Nepal

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Jumla in Nepal. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 81.5921° East, latitude 29.4931° North, depth = 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:29:02 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000p0hw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0hw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 22:29:02 / December 20, 2024 @ 10:29 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dadeldhurā, Birendranagar, Burang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Birendranagar (c. 31 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Dipayal (c. 23 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Dailekh (c. 20 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Dadeldhurā (c. 19 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Jumla (c. 9 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Burang (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km WNW of Jumla, Nepal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	81.5921° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	29.4931° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 km WNW of Jumla, Nepal	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-20 22:29:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-20 23:07:13	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	385	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	104	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.653	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	99	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	us7000p0hw	Id of event.
Event Code	7000p0hw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000p0hw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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