M 4.9 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 16:27 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 1052962
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.9087 , 85.6175
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 16:27 UTC
25 Apr 2015 22:12 Local
Exposed Population:
5712888 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 16:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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: 7708 | About casualties: 1260 | Last hour: 0

08:30 | Perfiles Miguel Estrada: “Lima no está preparada para afrontar ... Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:26:00 +0200.

Lima, 28 de octubre de 1746; Áncash, 31 de mayo de 1970; Pisco, 15 de agosto de 2007. La Tierra no avisa. Tiembla el día menos pensado sin dar una señal de alerta. Lo hizo en aquellas fechas y según Miguel Estrada lo volverá a hacer en un f
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09:09 | Katmandú - Mundo Nepal: Rescatan a joven tras permanecer 80 ho ... Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:26:00 +0200.

Nepal: Rescatan a joven tras permanecer 80 horas bajo los escombros en Katmandú No podía salir de entre los restos de la edificación porque una viga le mantenía atrapada una pierna, tras el terremoto que superó los 5 mil muertos. Un joven
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Ascienden a 5.000 los muertos por el terremoto de NepalWed, 29 Apr 2015 16:25:00 +0200.

El número de muertos en el terremoto de 7,8 grados que golpeó el sábado Nepal superó los 5.000 y el de heridos los 10.000, mientras un número indeterminado de personas sigue desaparecido, informaron hoy fuentes oficiales. El Ministerio del
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Slovak gov't approves humanitarian aid to NepalWed, 29 Apr 2015 16:24:00 +0200.

BRATISLAVA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia is to send humanitarian aid worth over 95,000 euros (104,630 U.S. dollars) to Nepal, which was hit by a devastating earthquake on April 25, according to government decision made on Wednesday. The Sl
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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),