A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal on Tuesday. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:09:13 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 87.1968° East, 28.7537° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 01:09:13 / January 7, 2025 @ 1:09 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pks1. Id of event: us6000pks1.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 96 km NNE of Lobuche, Nepal.
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