Table 2 Source parameters for earthquakes from the USGS-NEIC.

From: Strong ground motion data of the 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake sequence in the Kathmandu Valley

No.

Origin time (UTC: NST-5:45)

Latitude (°N)

Longitude (°E)

Depth (km)

Magnitude

Region

 

2015-04-25 06:11:26

28.231

84.731

8.2

Mw 7.8

Gorkha

1

2015-04-25 06:45:21

28.224

84.822

10.0

Mw 6.6

Gorkha

2

2015-04-25 06:53:43

27.672

85.201

10.0

mb 5.0

Kathmandu

3

2015-04-25 06:56:34

27.882

85.751

10.0

mb 5.5

Sindhupalchowk

4

2015-04-25 07:47:01

27.817

85.596

10.0

mb 5.0

Sindhupalchowk

5

2015-04-25 08:55:56

27.587

85.506

10.0

mb 5.3

Kavrepalanchok

6

2015-04-25 12:44:05

28.098

84.559

10.0

mb 5.2

Gorkha

7

2015-04-25 17:42:51

28.238

85.829

10.0

Mw 5.1

Tibet

8

2015-04-25 23:16:15

27.799

84.872

13.6

Mw 5.1

Dhading

9

2015-04-26 07:09:11

27.771

86.017

22.9

Mw 6.7

Sindhupalchowk

10

2015-04-26 16:26:07

27.830

85.865

14.0

Mw 5.0

Sindhupalchowk

11

2015-05-12 07:05:20

27.809

86.066

15.0

Mw 7.3

Dolakha

12

2015-05-12 07:34:23

27.746

86.245

10.0

mb 5.4

Dolakha

13

2015-05-12 07:36:54

27.625

86.162

15.0

Mw 6.3

Dolakha

14

2015-05-12 08:06:06

27.722

86.016

15.0

mb 5.0

Dolakha

15

2015-05-12 08:13:55

27.763

85.757

15.0

mb 5.1

Sindhupalchowk

16

2015-05-12 21:25:12

27.783

84.638

10.0

mb 5.2

Dhading

17

2015-05-13 21:38:06

27.720

86.050

8.4

mb 5.0

Dolakha

18

2015-05-16 11:34:10

27.560

86.073

7.0

Mw 5.5

Dolakha

  1. Events No. 1–10 were recorded by four permanent stations, and events No. 11–18 were observed by eight stations.