A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 03:57:59 / January 7, 2025 @ 3:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:57:59 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 87.2925° East, 28.6419° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pkq2. Id of event: us6000pkq2.
Close country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop).
Each 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 fourty-eight, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km NNE of Lobuche, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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