Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nepal on 12 May 2015 08:06 UTC

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M 5 in Nepal on 12 May 2015 08:06 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	15 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.6427 , 85.9468
Event Date:	12 May 2015 08:06 UTC 12 May 2015 13:51 Local
Exposed Population:	7249167 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	12 May 2015 08:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.4		0.4
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1080115		0.4	12 May 2015 08:06	5M, 15km	N/A	7.2 million (in 100km)		00:23	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Nepal , Zone of Janakpur (population 2,221,955) . The nearest places are Tandi, Charikot, Barahbise, Barabise, Pachuwar Ghat, Chilankha, Dolalghat, Chautara, Giri, Dumja, and Manebhaniyang.

Radius	Population
100 km	7.3 million people
75 km	4.7 million people
50 km	1.2 million people
20 km	180000 people
10 km	45000 people
5 km	9500 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Janakpur	Nepal	2.2 million people
Bagmati	Nepal	2.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tandi	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	4 km
Charikot	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	8 km
Barahbise	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	15 km
Barabise	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	19 km
Pachuwar Ghat	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	22 km
Chilankha	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	23 km
Dolalghat	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	25 km
Chautara	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	27 km
Giri	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	28 km
Dumja	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	28 km
Beni Ghat	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	35 km
Gamphathang	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	35 km
Zham	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	36 km
Sikpasor Khani	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	36 km
Lamabagar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	37 km
Ramechhap	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	39 km
Bhandar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	40 km
Banepa	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	17000 people	42 km
Sangutar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	43 km
Lomnang	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	44 km
Quxam	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	49 km
Beding	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	49 km
Dhungrebas	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	49 km
Bhaktapur	Bagmati	Nepal	City	76000 people	52 km
Mahankai	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	52 km
Ch'ung-tui	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	54 km
Gopalpur	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	55 km
Helambu	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	56 km
Junbesi	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	58 km
Malemchigaon	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	60 km
Congdü	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	60 km
Hariharpur Gadhi	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	60 km
Rongxar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	60 km
Katle	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	60 km
Patan	Bagmati	Nepal	City	-	62 km
Kathmandu	Bagmati	Nepal	Capital	780000 people	63 km
Chapagaon	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	64 km
Okhaldhunga	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	67 km
Thapagaon	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	67 km
Pahritol	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	69 km
Manebhaniyang	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Jiri	JIR	unknown				0	28 km
Tribhuvan International	KTM	1347	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	58 km
Phaplu	PPL	unknown				0	65 km
Rumjartar	RUM	unknown				0	71 km
Mountain	MWP	unknown				0	71 km
Lukla	LUA	unknown				0	77 km
Lamidanda	LDN	unknown				0	84 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kulekhani	Kulekhani	1982	79 km

More information

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