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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Lobuche in Nepal

Posted by admin on February 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.5633S, 87.5409WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Lobuche in Nepal. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000pf75. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pf75. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 10:11:47 / February 21, 2025 @ 10:11 am. Exact location of earthquake, 87.5409° East, 28.5633° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:11:47 / 10:11 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 98 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 87.5409° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.5633° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98 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 2025-02-21 10:11:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-21 10:38:50 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 369 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 68 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.137 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us7000pf75 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pf75 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pf75, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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