A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. Global time and date of event 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 18:48:22 / January 8, 2025 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 87.1736 East, latitude 28.5155 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:48:22 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pla1. Unique identifier: us6000pla1.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km NNE of Lobuche, Nepal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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