M 4.7 in Nepal on 20 Jun 2015 12:23 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 1058116
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.5942 , 82.643
Event Date: 20 Jun 2015 12:23 UTC
20 Jun 2015 18:08 Local
Exposed Population:
3330595 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jun 2015 12:55 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 539 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

El BM promete a Nepal hasta 500 millones de dólares para su reconstruc ... Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:56:00 +0200.

El Banco Mundial (BM) se comprometió hoy a proporcionar hasta 500 millones de dólares para la reconstrucción de Nepal tras el seísmo del 25 de abril, cantidad que deberá ser ratificada por su directorio ejecutivo el próximo lunes. En un com
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Search and rescue training concludesWed, 24 Jun 2015 11:52:00 +0200.

The U.S. government, in partnership with the Nepal government, through the National Society for Earthquake Technology, commemorated the close of the Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue and Medical First Responder training course at the Ne
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Enhancing Disaster Management Capacity in South AsiaWed, 24 Jun 2015 11:50:00 +0200.

11 May 2015 Enhancing Disaster Management Capacity in South Asia. This commentary discusses the effectiveness of Nepal’s disaster management in the aftermath of the country's April/May 2015 earthquakes, and compares it to India’s disaster
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A Magnitude-6.5 Earthquake Hits Southeast of FijiWed, 24 Jun 2015 10:33:00 +0200.

BANGKOK – A magnitude-6.5 earthquake hit a region southeast of Fiji in the South Pacific on Monday. No casualties have been reported yet. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center dismissed the possibility, based on historical data, that the quake
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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),