Information about the earthquake: mag of light. 4.3 earthquake

Light 4.3 magnitude earthquake 172 km deep

25 Sep 06:33 UTC: First to report: NCS after 5 minutes.

Updated Sat Sep 25, 2021, 06:48 AM

Moderate 4.3 earthquake strikes near Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur, Bagmati province, Nepal

4.3 earthquake Sep 25 14:27 (GMT +8)

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake near Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur, Bagmati province, Nepal, was reported just 20 minutes ago by the Indian National Seismological Center (NCS), considered the main national agency which monitors seismic activity in that part of the world. The earthquake occurred at an intermediate to considerable depth of 171.8 km below the epicenter in the early afternoon of Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 2:27 p.m. local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter and depth of the quake could be revised in the coming hours or minutes, as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or when other agencies release their report.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the earthquake was felt by many people and caused no damage. In Kodari (1,600 inhabitants, 44 km), Dhulikhel (16,300 inhabitants, 94 km), Banepā (17,200 inhabitants, 94 km), Madhyapur Thimi (83,000 inhabitants, 98 km), Panauti̇̄ (pop. At 27,600, 99 km), Kathmandu (1,442,300 inhabitants, 101 km) and Patan (183,300 inhabitants, 103 km), the earthquake was probably not felt.
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Date and hour : 25 Sep 2021 06:27:56 UTC –
Local time at epicenter: Saturday 25 Sep 2021 14:27 (GMT +8)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 171.8 km

Latitude / longitude of epicenter: 28.3475 ° N / 86.0389 ° E↗ (Tibet, China)
Antipode: 28.348 ° S / 93.961 ° W↗

Nearby towns and villages:
44 km (27 mi) north of Kodari (Province 3, Nepal) (pop: 1,600) -> Watch the earthquakes nearby!
94 km (59 mi) NNE of Dhulikhel (Bagmati, Province 3, Nepal) (pop: 16,300) -> See nearby earthquakes!
94 km (59 mi) NNE of Banepā (Bagmati, Province 3, Nepal) (pop: 17,200) -> See nearby earthquakes!
98 km (61 mi) northeast of Madhyapur Thimi (Province 3, Nepal) (pop: 83,000) -> Watch the earthquakes nearby!
99 km (62 mi) NNE of Panauti̇̄ (Province 3, Nepal) (pop: 27,600) -> See earthquakes nearby!
101 km (63 mi) NE of Kathmandu (Province 3, Nepal) (pop: 1,442,300) -> See nearby earthquakes!
103 km (64 mi) northeast of Patan (Province 3, Nepal) (pop: 183,300) -> Observe the earthquakes nearby!
142 km (88 mi) northeast of Hetauda (Province 3, Nepal) (pop: 84,800) -> Observe the earthquakes nearby!
295 km (183 mi) WW of Xigaze (pop: 80,000) -> See earthquakes nearby!
513 km (319 mi) WW of Lhasa (pop: 118,700) -> See nearby earthquakes!

Weather at the epicenter at the time of the earthquake:
Clouds covered

6.2 ° C (43 F), humidity: 76%, wind: 4 m / s (8 kts) from S

Main data source: NCS (National Center for Seismology)

Estimated energy released: 1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tonnes of TNT) Find out more

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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