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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Lobuche in Nepal


Earthquake location 28.2681S, 87.3885WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. Exact location, longitude 87.3885° East, latitude 28.2681° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000pl92. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pl92. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 01:28:08 / January 8, 2025 @ 1:28 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:28:08 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km ENE of Lobuche, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 87.3885° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.2681° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km ENE 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 2025-01-08 01:28:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-31 22:35:25 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 259 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.574 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us6000pl92 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pl92 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pl92, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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