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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Lobuche in Nepal


Earthquake location 28.3953S, 87.602WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Sunday. 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: 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 17:56:47 / January 19, 2025 @ 5:56 pm. Unique identifier: us6000pl3u. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pl3u. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.602 East, latitude 28.3953 North, depth = 24.746 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.746 km (15 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:56:47 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 92 km ENE of Lobuche, Nepal.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 87.602° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.3953° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.746 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km ENE of Lobuche, Nepal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-19 17:56:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-19 20:59:51 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 312 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.136 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000pl3u Id of event.
Event Code 6000pl3u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pl3u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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