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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Lobuche in Nepal


Earthquake location 28.4216S, 87.501WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. Unique identifier: us7000p9v7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p9v7. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 17:59:49 / January 19, 2025 @ 5:59 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:59:49 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 87.501° East, latitude 28.4216° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 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 seven, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 85 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 87.501° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.4216° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-19 17:59:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-30 15:11:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.058 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000p9v7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000p9v7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p9v7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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