M 5 in Nepal on 19 Nov 2015 04:15 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 1072791
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.9259 , 85.6559
Event Date: 19 Nov 2015 04:15 UTC
19 Nov 2015 10:00 Local
Exposed Population:
5557284 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Nov 2015 04:30 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
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Fresh quake of magnitude 4.1 recorded in Myagdi 11/22/2015 10:25:00 AM.

KATHMANDU: A fresh earthquake of local magnitude 4.1 was recorded at 12: 41 pm on Sunday. According to the National Seismological Centre (NSC), the quake had its epicentre near Okharbot of Myagdi. The NSC said this is not an aftershock of t
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Nepal: GIEWS Country Brief: Nepal 19-November-2015 11/22/2015 5:48:00 AM.

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Trade activities increase at Rasuwa border point 11/22/2015 5:18:00 AM.

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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),