A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 87.5708° East, 28.3874° North, depth 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:03:12 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000plbf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plbf. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 21:03:12 / January 20, 2025 @ 9:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km ENE of Lobuche, Nepal.
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