A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Dailekh in Nepal on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 82.0167° East, 28.9624° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 14:22:50 / April 4, 2025 @ 2:22 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:22:50 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q3xs. Unique identifier: us6000q3xs.

Country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Tīkāpur (c. 44 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tulsīpur (c. 39 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Birendranagar (c. 31 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Dailekh (c. 20 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Jumla (c. 9 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Besisahar (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tīkāpur, Tulsīpur, Besisahar (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 32 km ENE of Dailekh, Nepal.

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