M 5.6 in Nepal on 12 May 2015 07:17 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1054584
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.792 , 86.1334
Event Date: 12 May 2015 07:17 UTC
12 May 2015 13:02 Local
Exposed Population: 5350000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 May 2015 07:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1 1
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

Another strong earthquake hits Nepal, close to Everest 5/12/2015 9:53:00 AM.

(Reuters) - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing people to run out of buildings in the capital Kathmandu and shaking structures in the Indian capital. The quake, which struck near the
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Another strong earthquake hits Nepal, close to Everest 5/12/2015 9:53:00 AM.

A strong earthquake shook Nepal on Tuesday, sending people in the capital Kathmandu rushing out on to the streets weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, eyewitnesses said.
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Another strong earthquake hits Nepal, close to Everest 5/12/2015 9:50:00 AM.

KATHMANDU - A strong earthquake shook Nepal on Tuesday, sending people in the capital Kathmandu rushing out on to the streets weeks after a devastating quake killed more than 8,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, eyewit
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Another major quake hits Nepal, epicenter between capital Kathmandu an.. 5/12/2015 9:50:00 AM.

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Another major earthquake has hit Nepal near the Chinese border between the capital of Kathmandu and Mt. Everest. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit with a magnitude of 7.4 in an isolated area just after lunch T
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),