Earthquake in Nepal! M4.2 at Sindhupalchok on May 26

Kathmandu, May 26 National Seismological Center (NSC) web portal reported a minor earthquake measuring M4.2 on Richter scale in Central Nepal in the night of May 26^th at 23:24pm local time (17:39 UTC). According to the NSC the quake was epicentered at Sindhupalchok, Bagmati District in Central Development Region of Nepal.

The epicenter is located closest the capital city of Kathmandu at the aerial distance of mere 53km east of Kathmandu, closest since the tremor of the same magnitude in Sarsin, Rasuwa (36km NNW of KTM) in Dec 2^nd, 2011.

Aerial distance and direction to the epicenter from major cities:
202km NW of Biratnagar
110km North of Janakpur
53km East of Kathmandu
187km ESE of Pokhara
413km East of Nepalgunj
575km East of Mahendranagar

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