M 5 in Nepal on 23 Aug 2015 09:02 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 1063682
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.8497 , 86.0595
Event Date: 23 Aug 2015 09:02 UTC
23 Aug 2015 14:47 Local
Exposed Population:
5372742 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Aug 2015 09:27 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 448 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

Computers to save the day in airport disaster scenarioThu, 27 Aug 2015 08:34:00 +0200.

Commercial aircraft destined for Narita or Haneda airports will be automatically diverted to alternative landing sites in the event natural disasters shut down both facilities simultaneously. The transport ministry said Aug. 26 the system w
...(more)
Airline traffic in Nepal soars as strikes cripple highwaysThu, 27 Aug 2015 07:55:00 +0200.

Sangam Prasain. The Kathmandu Post. Publication Date : 27-08-2015. Domestic airlines in Nepal have seen an unprecedented rise in traveller movement in the last two weeks due to a flurry of strikes launched in various parts of the Tarai in p
...(more)
Nast installs 10 quake warning sensorsThu, 27 Aug 2015 07:06:00 +0200.

Aug 27, 2015- The National Academy of Science and Technology (Nast) has installed earthquake early warning sensors at 10 locations in Dhading, Kavre and Kathmandu districts that would alert people as much as 22 seconds before a major earthq
...(more)
Airline traffic soars as strikes cripple highwaysThu, 27 Aug 2015 06:16:00 +0200.

Aug 27, 2015- Domestic airlines have seen an unprecedented rise in traveller movement in the last two weeks due to a flurry of strikes launched in various parts of the Tarai in protest against the proposed federal set-up that have shut down
...(more)

View more news

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),