M 6.7 in Nepal on 26 Apr 2015 07:09 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1053015
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 17.26 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.782 , 85.9971
Event Date: 26 Apr 2015 07:09 UTC
26 Apr 2015 12:54 Local
Exposed Population: 5730000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2015 15:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 2 2
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: 802 | About casualties: 129 | Last hour: 0

Nepal quake: Mercy Relief sets aside $60,000 for relief efforts, deplo ... Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:09:00 +0200.

SINGAPORE - Mercy Relief will deploy a duo to Kathmandu, Nepal, as a preliminary disaster response effort. They will ascertain ground needs and procure initial batch of relief supplies. The Singaporean humanitarian non-governmental organisa
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Germany, France sending rescue teams, emergency relief to quake-hit Ne ... Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:09:00 +0200.

Pope Francis, center, is flanked by two of the nineteen new priests that he ordained during a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, as he leads the Regina Coeli prayer from his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April
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ASEAN FMs extend condolences to Nepal earthquake victimsSun, 26 Apr 2015 13:08:00 +0200.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nation ( ASEAN ) extended their condolences here Sunday to the victims of a powerful earthquake that struck Nepal and surrounding neighbors India
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Le bilan s'alourdit au Népal, l'aide internationale s'organiseSun, 26 Apr 2015 13:08:00 +0200.

Le Népal s'efforçait dimanche de venir en aide aux victimes coincées sous les décombres de bâtiments détruits par le séisme qui a frappé la veille Katmandou et le centre du pays, alors que l'aide internationale commence à s'organiser. Selon
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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: JRC (3), EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),