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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Kodāri̇̄ in Nepal

Posted by admin on February 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 27.8265S, 85.9676WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kodāri̇̄ in Nepal on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/02/25 / 2025-02-27 21:06:10 / February 27, 2025 @ 9:06 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:06:10 / 9:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 85.9676° East, 27.8265° North. Event id: us6000pvwf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pvwf.

Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Hitura (c. 84 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Banepa (c. 17 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from kankrabari Dovan (c. 10 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hari Bdr Tamang House (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hitura, Lobujya, Kirtipur (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km S of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 85.9676° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.8265° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km S of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-27 21:06:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-27 21:25:22 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 465 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.611 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 us6000pvwf Id of event.
Event Code 6000pvwf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pvwf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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