M 5.6 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 23:16 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1052990
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.8052 , 84.8744
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 23:16 UTC
26 Apr 2015 05:01 Local
Exposed Population:
9984095 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 23:35 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.1 1.1
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: 1901 | About casualties: 425 | Last hour: 0

Sólo hay un herido entre los 202 españoles localizados en NepalSun, 26 Apr 2015 14:45:00 +0200.

EXTERIORES LOS VA A EVACUAR Sólo hay un herido entre los 202 españoles localizados en Nepal El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores ha localizado a 202 españoles en Nepal de los 319 que se hallan en ese país entre residentes y turistas. Según h
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Ya son 1.805 los muertos por el terremoto en NepalSun, 26 Apr 2015 14:44:00 +0200.

El potente terremoto se registró el sábado en Nepal e impactó en países vecinos. El número de muertos se incrementa a medida que avanzan los trabajos de rescate. Pobladores de Katmandú, Nepal, llevan el cuerpo de una víctima en una camilla
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Witnesses to Everest avalanche: 'I knew I had to survive'Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:43:00 +0200.

KATHMANDU, Nepal At least 17 people were killed and 61 injured when an avalanche set off by Saturday's massive Nepal earthquake swept down the Himalayas. The snow and ice ripped through key Mt. Everest climbing routes and tore into base cam
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Nepal earthquake: Derry woman trapped on Everest speaks of devastationSun, 26 Apr 2015 14:43:00 +0200.

They are planning to set off tomorrow (Monday) for the popular trekker stop of Pherice. Speaking from their lodge at Gorak Shep, Amy said she and her boyfriend narrowly avoiding the initial massive avalanche which fell between the two plac
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: JRC (3), EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),