M 4.5 in Nepal on 19 Jul 2026 10:45 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 1552822
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.4577 , 82.6023
Event Date: 19 Jul 2026 10:45 UTC
19 Jul 2026 16:30 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2026 11:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.9 (Nepal)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t1s3 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 22 July 2026 7/22/2026 6:20:00 AM.

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Nyatapola Temple marks 324th anniversary 7/21/2026 7:33:00 PM.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),