Overview

• The tremor was recorded at 20:10:34 IST on September 17, 2025, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
• NCS placed the epicentre at 28.27°N, 82.72°E with a shallow focal depth of 10 km.
• Details were shared in real time on NCS’s X account with a standard event bulletin.
• Shallow earthquakes can intensify shaking near the surface, increasing local risk compared with deeper events.
• Nepal experiences frequent quakes due to the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, a setting that has produced damaging earthquakes in the past, including in 2015.