M 5 in Nepal on 13 May 2015 21:38 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 1054750
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.7255 , 86.0674
Event Date: 13 May 2015 21:38 UTC
14 May 2015 03:23 Local
Exposed Population:
5972495 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 May 2015 21:59 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: 1387 | About casualties: 77 | Last hour: 0

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Taking a comprehensive view of quakesSun, 17 May 2015 21:26:00 +0200.

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Helicóptero desplomado en Nepal: Identifican los 8 cuerposSun, 17 May 2015 21:23:00 +0200.

KATMANDÚ, Nepal (AP) — Los cadáveres de seis marines estadounidenses y dos soldados nepalíes que viajaban en un helicóptero de la Armada norteamericana que se estrelló durante una misión de ayuda en Nepal luego del terremoto han sido identi
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Réforme du collège: réforme du collège: les enseignants en grève mardiSun, 17 May 2015 21:23:00 +0200.

Personnalités politiques et intellectuels ont multiplié les prises de positions ces derniers jours sur la réforme du collège. Cette semaine, c'est au tour des enseignants opposés au projet du ministère de l'Education de faire entendre leur
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),