Tools · Himalaya
Quakes near Kathmandu
Recent earthquakes across the central Himalaya from the USGS feed, with the latest one measured from Kathmandu.
Magnitude 2.5+ events in the box over the last 30 days
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Circles scale with magnitude and fade with age. The yellow ring is the Gorkha earthquake of 25 April 2015 (M7.8), shown for reference. The white dot is Kathmandu.
Recent events
| Time | Mag | Place | From Kathmandu |
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Before it shakes
Nepal sits on an active plate boundary, so strong earthquakes will keep happening and this page only records events that already took place. It does not forecast anything, and no tool can say when the next one comes.
- Drop, cover, hold on. Get under a sturdy table or against an inside wall, away from windows and heavy shelves.
- Know your exit. Agree on an open assembly point with your household. Avoid lifts and stairs during shaking.
- Prepare a bag. Water, torch, radio, first-aid kit, copies of key documents and a charged power bank.
- Secure what can fall. Strap tall furniture, keep heavy items low, know where your gas and mains switch are.
- Follow official guidance. Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority and the Department of Mines and Geology publish local advice.
Data sources & privacy
Quake data comes from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). This site fetches it on a schedule and serves a copy, so your browser does not contact USGS. The map uses Leaflet 1.9.4 from cdnjs and tiles from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Your browser contacts the map library host and the tile server directly, so each sees your IP address. Nothing is sent to this site's servers or stored. Search area: 26-31°N, 79-89°E, which also covers parts of India and Tibet, not only Nepal.