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M7.3 earthquake, Nepal, 2015-05-12

MagnitudeM7.3mww

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Depth15 km

Time (UTC)2015-05-12 07:05

Rank in 20159 / 146among M6+

Rank since 1900771 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×89approx.

Nepal · 27.81, 86.07

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.5 2015-05-12	2015-05-12 07:17	13 km	37 km SE of Kod?ri??, Nepal
M6.3 2015-05-12	2015-05-12 07:36	15 km	42 km SSE of Kod?ri??, Nepal
M5.5 2015-05-16	2015-05-16 11:34	7 km	45 km SSE of Kod?ri??, Nepal

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1934 M8.0M8.0

2015 M7.8M7.8

2015 M7.3M7.3

2025 M7.1M7.1

1988 M6.9M6.9

2011 M6.9M6.9

1936 M6.9M6.9

2015 M6.7M6.7

2015 M6.6M6.6

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.7 2015-04-26	2015-04-26 07:09	23 km	21 km SSE of Kod?ri??, Nepal
M6.6 2015-04-25	2015-04-25 06:45	10 km	71 km NNE of Bharatpur, Nepal
M6.1 2015-04-25	2015-04-25 06:15	10 km	0 km NNW of Dhulikhel, Nepal
M7.8 2015-04-25	2015-04-25 06:11	8 km	67 km NNE of Bharatpur, Nepal
M6.9 2011-09-18	2011-09-18 12:40	50 km	43 km NW of Mangan, India
M6.2 1993-03-20	1993-03-20 14:51	12 km	135 km NNE of Lobujya, Nepal
M6.9 1988-08-20	1988-08-20 23:09	57 km	9 km WSW of Triyuga, Nepal
M6.1 1980-11-19	1980-11-19 19:00	17 km	15 km ENE of Gangtok, India
M6.9 1936-05-27	1936-05-27 06:19	15 km	28 km WNW of B?glung, Nepal
M8.0 1934-01-15	1934-01-15 08:43	15 km	1934 Bihar-Nepal Earthquake

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.