A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 87.4266° East, latitude 28.5411° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 01:18:30 / January 7, 2025 @ 1:18 am. Unique identifier: us6000pkq5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkq5. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:18:30 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 89 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days seventy, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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