M 4.6 in Nepal on 26 Apr 2015 02:48 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 1053006
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.156 , 84.6095
Event Date: 26 Apr 2015 02:48 UTC
26 Apr 2015 08:33 Local
Exposed Population:
6512122 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2015 03:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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: 1736 | About casualties: 314 | Last hour: 0

Death toll climbs to 3,351 in Nepal quakeMon, 27 Apr 2015 10:31:00 +0200.

KATHMANDU, April 27 -- Death toll in Nepal climbs to 3, 351 after Saturday's strong quake, and 6,833 people were injured, said the country's Home Affairs Ministry on Monday. Sindhupalchowk, a nearby district to capital Kathmandu, reported 8
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Nepal, un país devastado con más de 3.200 muertosMon, 27 Apr 2015 10:30:00 +0200.

Nepal es un país devastado tras el terremoto de magnitud 7,8 del pasado sábado y las continuas y potentes réplicas que acuden el país. El pánico se ha apoderado de los supervivientes de una tragedia que ha dejado ya más de 3.218 muertos y 6
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Man gets more than 18 years in shooting gas station clerkMon, 27 Apr 2015 10:28:00 +0200.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A man must serve more than 18 years in prison following his conviction for shooting a gas station clerk during a 2013 holdup. Authorities say Daunte Nichols and five others were members of a group that committed at least 20
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Rescuers struggle to reach remote Nepal areas as toll risesMon, 27 Apr 2015 10:28:00 +0200.

Rescuers struggle to reach villages near Nepal quake epicenter as death toll tops 3,700 In this Sunday, April 26, 2015 photo, people critically injured in an avalanche are wrapped to be evacuated out of Everest Base Camp, Nepal. An avalanch
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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),