M 4.5 in Nepal on 30 Aug 2015 13:17 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 1064225
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.6311 , 85.6385
Event Date: 30 Aug 2015 13:17 UTC
30 Aug 2015 19:02 Local
Exposed Population:
9149080 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Aug 2015 15:30 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 445 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

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Solar power proved its worth this summerThu, 03 Sep 2015 10:57:00 +0200.

Solar power accounted for 10 percent of the nation’s electricity when demand peaked this summer, showing that alternative energy is a key resource in times of need. A survey by The Asahi Shimbun found that Kyushu Electric Power Co. covered
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EU Humanitarian AidThu, 03 Sep 2015 10:25:00 +0200.

The European Commission's Humanitarian aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) ensures rapid and effective delivery of EU relief assistance when disaster strikes throughout the world. This stockshot illustrates examples of EU aid aimed t
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«El terremoto pudo ser más devastador si los niños hubieran estado en ... Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:14:00 +0200.

El doctor nepalí de la ONG ibicenca Via Oberta a Nepal, Rajnish Mishra, especialista en pediatría, se encuentra esta semana en Ibiza para explicar la labor que está haciendo en el país asiático tras el terremoto. Mishra, que trabaja para la
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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),