A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 07:28:44 / January 9, 2025 @ 7:28 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000piur. Unique identifier: us6000piur. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:28:44 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 87.3601 East, latitude 28.4769 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 79 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.
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