M 5.7 in China on 25 Apr 2015 09:17 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 1052922
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.4282 , 87.3382
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 09:17 UTC
25 Apr 2015 17:17 Local
Exposed Population: 190000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 09:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 2721 | About casualties: 516 | Last hour: 0

Nepal quake toll tops 5,000 as aid reaches epicenter areaWed, 29 Apr 2015 09:15:00 +0200.

Nepal earthquake death toll passes 5,000 as aid reaches area near epicenter Nepalese people prepare to go back home after sleeping on open grounds for four nights to be safe from earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Th
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The Latest on Nepal: Protesters complain no aid reached themWed, 29 Apr 2015 09:15:00 +0200.

The Latest on Nepal: 200 protesters face off with police, say they got no aid Nepalese people sit atop buses as they head to their villages in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Thousands of people are lining up at bus stations in
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Nepal: Elevan a más de 5.000 la cifra de muertos en el sismoWed, 29 Apr 2015 09:15:00 +0200.

La policía de Nepal dijo el miércoles que la cifra de fallecidos en el terremoto que sacudió el país el sábado supera ya las 5.000 personas. La policía de Katmandú dijo que 4.989 personas fallecieron y otras 10.260 resultaron heridas en el
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Nepal quake death toll passes 5,000Wed, 29 Apr 2015 09:14:00 +0200.

Police in Kathmandu said 4,989 people have died and another 10,260 were injured in Nepal. Another 61 were killed in neighbouring India and Bangladesh, and China reported 25 dead in Tibet. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake, centred just outside K
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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),