M 5.2 in Nepal on 27 Apr 2023 19:45 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 1371412
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.5974 , 81.5673
Event Date: 27 Apr 2023 19:45 UTC
28 Apr 2023 01:30 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 27 Apr 2023 20:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.9 (Nepal)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000jwdq Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

Export resumes through Tatopani border point 5/1/2023 7:36:00 AM.

Export resumed through the Tatopani border point, a major customs point along the Nepal-China border, on Monday. Export from Nepal had come to a grinding halt for the past seven years following the 2015 earthquake. A total of three containe
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Two earthquakes of 4.9, 5.9 magnitudes jolt Western Nepal; no casualti.. 4/28/2023 7:50:00 AM.

The National Seismological Center recorded two earthquakes Thursday overnight in Western Nepal with no casualties recorded till morning. The earthquake struck at a depth of 136 kilometres. (Representative) As per the Seismological Center in
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Nepal was shaken by the tremors of the earthquake, the intensity remai.. 4/28/2023 7:50:00 AM.

Internet Desk. The people of the neighboring country Nepal have faced earthquake tremors twice on Thursday night. According to reports, tremors were felt by people in Dahakot, Bajura, Nepal on Thursday night. The National Center for Seismol
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Twin Earthquakes Hit Western Nepal Overnight, No Casualties Reported 4/28/2023 7:38:00 AM.

Kathmandu: The National Seismological Center recorded two earthquakes Thursday overnight in Western Nepal with no casualties recorded till morning. As per the Seismological Center in Surkhet District in the Western region of Nepal, two eart
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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),