M 5.4 in Nepal on 18 Dec 2015 22:16 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 1076278
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 15.53 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.4391 , 81.571
Event Date: 18 Dec 2015 22:16 UTC
19 Dec 2015 04:01 Local
Exposed Population:
2083042 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Dec 2015 22:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
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: 335 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Carazo formó parte de Simulacro NacionalTue, 22 Dec 2015 22:18:00 +0100.

Bajo la hipótesis de un sismo de 7.4 grados a 25 kilómetros de profundidad, exactamente a 145 kilómetros frente a las costas de Masachapa, lo cual produjo réplicas de temblores en los municipios caraceños y un tsunami en las costas del Océa
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Temblor victims get warm clothesTue, 22 Dec 2015 20:40:00 +0100.

HETAUDA: Centre for Community Development Nepal distributed warm clothes to 300 families of earthquake victims in Daman of Thaha Municipality in Makawanpur on Tuesday. Each family received clothes worth Rs 12,000. According to CCDN programm
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US-Japan Military Alliance: Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSD ... Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:23:00 +0100.

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) of today has matured a great deal since the warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were parceled out amongst the victors, scrapped or sunk at the end of World War II. Long decades of pacifist
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15:31 | Justicia sanciona a abogado tras renunciar a un día de audienc ... Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:54:00 +0100.

El 27 de febrero de 2010 Piangella Obrador ocurrió el terremoto magnitud de 8,8 grados richter, acompañado de un tsunami que afectó a las costas chilenas, lo que generó gran polémica por el proceder que tuvo la Oficina Nacional de Emergenci
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),