M 4.6 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 14:10 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 1052957
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.5843 , 85.6622
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 14:10 UTC
25 Apr 2015 19:55 Local
Exposed Population:
10232389 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 14:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 204 | About casualties: 71 | Last hour: 0

Nepal police say death toll from earthquake has reached at least 876Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:38:00 +0200.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A top Nepalese police official says at least 876 people are confirmed dead in the wake of the massive earthquake that struck outside Kathmandu. Deputy Inspector General of Police Komal Singh Bam says that the death toll
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At least 34 people killed, dozens injured in India after powerful Nepa ... Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:38:00 +0200.

NEW DELHI - At least 34 people have been killed and dozens more injured in India in a powerful earthquake that struck neighbouring Nepal on Saturday, the government said. At least 23 people were killed in the eastern state of Bihar in the s
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Nepal: El panorama triste y desolador tras terremoto (FOTOS)Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:38:00 +0200.

Katmandú . Alrededor del mediodía del sábado en el país del Himalaya , un movimiento tectónico con epicentro a 80 kilómetros al noroeste de Katmandú arrasó edificios y carreteras para dejar un balance temporal de al menos 688 muertos. Fuen
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Terremoto en NepalSat, 25 Apr 2015 16:38:00 +0200.

El sismo se sintió en los países cercanos dejando también víctimas mortales. En el Everest se registró una avalancha. El fuerte sismo se sintió en el noroeste del país. Todos los hospitales de Katmandú se encuentra en emergencia, mientras
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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: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),