M 5 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 08:29 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 1052919
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.9903 , 84.7097
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 08:29 UTC
25 Apr 2015 14:14 Local
Exposed Population:
7803741 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 08:55 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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Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 6886 | About casualties: 1131 | Last hour: 0

The Latest on Nepal: Earthquake death toll tops 5,000Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:31:00 +0200.

11:55 a.m. (0610 GMT) Police in Nepal say the death toll from Saturday's earthquake has topped 5,000. The Kathmandu police say 4,989 have died and another 10,260 people have been injured in Nepal. The quake that was centered just outside Ka
...(more)
Massive UN Relief Effort Underway in NepalWed, 29 Apr 2015 08:31:00 +0200.

. by Lisa Schlein April 28, 2015. A massive United Nations emergency relief operation is underway to provide lifesaving assistance to millions of victims of Nepal's devastating earthquake. The U.N. says the search and rescue phase of the op
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The Latest on Nepal: Under rubble, man says he drank urineWed, 29 Apr 2015 08:29:00 +0200.

10:30 a.m. (0445 GMT) 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. Rishi Khanal tells The Associated Press that he had given
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The Latest on Nepal: Earthquake death toll tops 5,000Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:28:00 +0200.

11:55 a.m. (0610 GMT) Police in Nepal say the death toll from Saturday's earthquake has topped 5,000. The Kathmandu police say 4,989 have died and another 10,260 people have been injured in Nepal. The quake that was centred just outside Kat
...(more)

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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),