M 4.7 Off-shore on 07 May 2016 15:15 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 1085884
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.8753 , 89.443
Event Date: 07 May 2016 15:15 UTC
07 May 2016 21:15 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 May 2016 15:45 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1091 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

Jack Knox: Victoria teen back in Nepal, a year after big quakeWed, 11 May 2016 15:08:00 +0200.

It being her first full day in Nepal, Sidney’s Haley Westra was at Kathmandu’s Monkey Temple when the earthquake struck. The teenager later described it as feeling as though she were on a roller-coaster. At first, she didn’t know what was h
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Nine sherpas first to climb Everest after Nepal disastersWed, 11 May 2016 15:06:00 +0200.

Light illuminates Mount Everest, during the in Solukhumbu District also known as the Everest region, in this picture taken November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitraka By Gopal Sharma. KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali sherpa led a nine-man tea
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60 injured as earthquake hits TibetWed, 11 May 2016 14:56:00 +0200.

A shallow 5.5-magnitude earthquake has struck the mountainous region of Tibet, injuring 60 people, collapsing houses and damaging bridges and roads, authorities said. The quake struck at 9.15am (01.15 GMT), 44 miles north-west of Gyamotang
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‘Cyborg’ woman can feel every earthquake around the planet as it happe ... Wed, 11 May 2016 14:55:00 +0200.

When Nepal was devastated by a 7.8 magnitude quake last year, the vibrations were so strong it woke Ribas up in the middle of the night. 'It felt very weird, like I was there,' she says. 'I feel connected to the people who suffer through an
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),