May 2015 Nepal earthquake

The shock struck at 12:50 pm local time, 18 kilometres southeast of Kodari, with the epicentre on the border of the Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk districts. Moment magnitude estimates for it range from 7.2 to 7.3.

Origin time (UTC)

2015-05-12T07:05

Magnitude

7.3

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

15

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002ejl

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, nepal, dolakha, sindhupalchowk, himalaya

Coordinates: 27.8087, 86.0655

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above in the Himalaya since 1930

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