M 5.2 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 12:44 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 1052946
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.1513 , 84.6587
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 12:44 UTC
25 Apr 2015 18:29 Local
Exposed Population:
6667822 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 13:01 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1232 | About casualties: 300 | Last hour: 0

Nepal Earthquake Triggers Everest AvalancheSat, 25 Apr 2015 19:07:00 +0200.

By TIM SULLIVAN and BINAJ GURUBACHARYA. KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — 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 mountain
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Death toll in Nepal earthquake continues to riseSat, 25 Apr 2015 19:06:00 +0200.

KATHMANDU, Nepal A powerful earthquake struck Nepal Saturday, killing at least 1,130 people across a swath of four countries as the violently shaking earth collapsed houses, leveled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches on Mt. Ever
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Colorado man Tweets from Everest base camp following earthquake; death ... Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:05:00 +0200.

In a blog about his Everest climb, Davidson wrote that "his best friend and trusted climbing partner, Mike Price, died on Mount Rainer, with me trapped in the snow just a foot away." The accident happened on the Liberty Ridge route on June
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Nepal quake: Over 1,000 dead, history razed, Everest shakenSat, 25 Apr 2015 19:05:00 +0200.

A mountaineering guide, Ang Tshering, said an avalanche swept the face of Mt. Everest after the earthquake, and government officials said at least 10 climbers were killed and 30 injured. Their nationalities were not immediately known. Carst
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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),