Earthquake in Nepal! M4.2 at Dhanusa on Mar 17

Kathmandu, March 17 National Seismological Center (NSC) web portal reported a minor earthquake measuring M4.2 on Richter scale in Central Nepal at 17:44pm local time on Mar 17^th (11:59 UTC). According to the NSC the quake was epicentered at Dhanusa district in Central Development Region of Nepal.

The coordinates provided by the NSC indicates the epicenter is very close to Janakpur, the city of holy Ram Janaki temple.



Aerial distance and direction to the epicenter from major cities:
123km West of Biratnagar
15km East of Janakpur
129km SSE of Kathmandu
264km SE of Pokhara
465km East of Nepalgunj
630km ESE of Mahendranagar

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