M 5.5 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 06:56 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1052907
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.91 , 85.6501
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 06:56 UTC
25 Apr 2015 12:41 Local
Exposed Population: 5700000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 07:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 0.9
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 2604 | About casualties: 308 | Last hour: 0

Was Nepal prepared for a major earthquake?Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:58:00 +0200.

It’s a land steeped in rich history and traditions, myths and legends, and best known as home to Mount Everest. The international community is responding to the disaster in one of the world's poorest nationIt’s a land steeped in rich histor
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Anger grows in Nepal over slow pace of aidMon, 27 Apr 2015 22:57:00 +0200.

Aid has begun arriving in the capital, including consignments of food, medical supplies, tents and sniffer dogs. However, the authorities are struggling to get relief out to devastated areas, overwhelmed by bad phone lines, poor roads, a la
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Nepal quake death toll tops 4,000; villages plead for aidMon, 27 Apr 2015 22:57:00 +0200.

As the death toll from Nepal's devastating earthquake climbed past 4,000, aid workers and officials in remote, shattered villages near the epicenter pleaded Monday for food, shelter and medicine. Help poured in after Saturday's magnitude-7.
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1150 Australians accounted for in NepalMon, 27 Apr 2015 22:55:00 +0200.

The federal government has accounted for more Australians listed as missing in Nepal and is offering flights out of the quake-stricken country to survivors. Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishops says 1150 people have now been contacted, up
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),