M 5 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 07:47 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 1052913
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.8549 , 85.5572
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 07:47 UTC
25 Apr 2015 13:32 Local
Exposed Population:
6271222 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 08:15 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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 221 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Nepal earthquake: Two killed and hundreds trapped as buildings collaps ... Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:47:00 +0200.

Two girls have been killed and hundreds of people trapped after an earthquake devastated Nepal capital Kathmandu and the densely-populated surrounding area today. The 7.9-magnitude quake also caused extensive damage with toppled walls and c
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Deaths reported after earthquake hits NepalSat, 25 Apr 2015 10:47:00 +0200.

At least two people have been killed when an earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude struck Nepal and parts of northern India. A 15-year-old girl was killed in northern India after the earthquake brought down the wall of her home in a village ne
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Strong earthquake inflicts damage in NepalSat, 25 Apr 2015 10:46:00 +0200.

An earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude has struck 80km east of Pokhara in Nepal about half way between the town and the capital Kathmandu, the US Geological Survey says. Nepal's Information Minister Minendra Rijal told India's NDTV station t
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Nepal earthquake: Kathmandu suffers damage as tremors felt as far away ... Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:39:00 +0200.

A massive earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale has injured dozens and caused extensive damage in the capital of Nepal and throughout the densely populated Kathmandu Valley region. The injured have been taken to the main hospital i
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),