Earthquake in Nepal! M5.5 in Kaski (January 31)

Kathmandu, January 31 Web portal of National Seismological Centre, Nepal reported moderate earthquake measuring 5.5M_L in western Nepal. The epicenter of the tremor that hit around mid night at 19:44:43 local time (2015/1/31 13:59:43 UTC) was located at Kaski, about 173km WNW of Kathmandu and 26km WNW of touristic capital city of Nepal, Pokhara.

Aerial distance and direction to the epicenter from major cities:
403km WNW of Biratnagar
278km NW of Janakpur
173km WNW of Kathmandu
26km WNW of Pokhara
208km East of Nepalgunj
355km ESE of Mahendranagar

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