M 4.6 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 08:05 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 1052914
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.7307 , 85.7304
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 08:05 UTC
25 Apr 2015 13:50 Local
Exposed Population:
6676048 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 08:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 6107 | About casualties: 959 | Last hour: 0

LIVE: Britain rushes in 30 additional medics; International aid agenci ... Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:56:00 +0200.

10:31 am: A man pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kathmandu more than three days after the deadly Nepal earthquake says he drank his own urine to survive. 10:30 am: International Development Secretary Justine Greening says t
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Up to 250 people missing after new Nepal avalancheWed, 29 Apr 2015 07:55:00 +0200.

Up to 250 people missing after avalanche hits trekking area in Nepal. Updated April 29, 2015 01:54:50. Up to 250 people are missing after an avalanche hit a village in Rasuwa district, a popular trekking area to the north of the capital Ka
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Families of Tasmanians missing in Nepal offered Premier's supportWed, 29 Apr 2015 07:55:00 +0200.

Nepal earthquake: Premier offers support to families of Tasmanians missing after disaster. Updated April 28, 2015 14:05:38. The families of Tasmanians missing after the earthquake in Nepal have been offered support by Tasmanian Premier Wil
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Melbourne mother of two killed in Mount Everest avalancheWed, 29 Apr 2015 07:55:00 +0200.

Melbourne mother of two Renu Fotedar was killed in the deadly avalanche triggered on Mount Everest by the magnitude-7.9 Nepal earthquake, the ABC has confirmed. The 49-year-old was last seen at the Everest base camp, and since the earthquak
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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),