M 5 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 09:30 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 1052924
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.9938 , 85.437
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 09:30 UTC
25 Apr 2015 15:15 Local
Exposed Population:
5641983 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 09:53 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1683 | About casualties: 448 | Last hour: 0

10 dead, more missing in quake-triggered Everest avalancheSat, 25 Apr 2015 18:29:00 +0200.

An avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake in Nepal swept across Mount Everest on Saturday, killing at least 10 climbers and guides, slamming into a section of the mountaineering base camp, and leaving an unknown number of people injure
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Nepal earthquake: Everest avalanche kills at least 18 climbersSat, 25 Apr 2015 18:28:00 +0200.

The Everest base camp was hit by the avalanche (Picture: Azim Afif) An avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake in Nepal smashed into a base camp at the foothills of Mount Everest today, killing at least 18 climbers and guides. Many othe
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Sacude fuerte sismo a NepalSat, 25 Apr 2015 18:28:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 7.9 grados de magnitud y de sólo 2 kilómetros de profundidad sacudió hoy el oeste de la antigua capital nepalí de Katmandú y causó 758 muertos y cientos de heridos, dejando a la ciudad envuelta en polvo, dijeron médicos y fu
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VIDEO: Terremoto de 7,9° Richter en Nepal deja más de 800 muertosSat, 25 Apr 2015 18:27:00 +0200.

Este sábado un terremoto 7,9 en la escala de Richter azotó a Nepal dejando más de 800 personas fallecidas. Revisa acá las impactantes imágenes tras el fuerte sismo que dejó devastado el país. En una de las peores catástrofes naturales en
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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.
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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),