M6.5 earthquake 40 km NNE of Dipayal, Nepal
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 40 km NNE of Dipayal, Nepal on Tue, Jul 29, 1980, 8:28 PM GMT+5:30 (14:58 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.5 (ms), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-07-29 14:58:40 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.598° N, 81.092° E
- Region
- Nepal
- Strongest shaking
- VIII, severe shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VIII, severe shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 52.7% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 3.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 257
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.420 km NE of Dadeldhur?, Nepal · 16856 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.617 km SSE of Dipayal, Nepal · 16856 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.831 km SE of D?rchul?, Nepal · 16855 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.522 km NNW of Dipayal, Nepal · 16855 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.520 km NNW of Dipayal, Nepal · 16854 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.522 km NE of Dadeldhur?, Nepal · 16850 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.337 km NE of Dipayal, Nepal · 16834 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.518 km NNW of Dh?rchula, India · 16815 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001959 (also filed as gcmtc072980b, gcmt19800729145840, atlas19800729145841, iscgem642643). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC.