A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000pmj5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmj5. Exact location of event, longitude 87.4185 East, latitude 28.6171 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:33:38 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 09:33:38 / January 27, 2025 @ 9:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 95 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.
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