M 7.8 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 06:11 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1052901
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.8M
Depth: 15 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.1473 , 84.7079
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 06:11 UTC
25 Apr 2015 11:56 Local
Exposed Population: 5410000 people in MMI
6500000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 10:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 3.1 3.1
us20002926 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

Mountaineering clients of Boston-based firm trapped 4/27/2015 5:58:00 PM.

Six mountaineering clients from a Boston-based travel risk and crisis management firm are unaccounted for and eight are trapped near Mount Everest after an earthquake in Nepal triggered an avalanche. The eight that are trapped are on the mo
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Toronto traveller in Nepal safe after earthquake, family says 4/27/2015 5:58:00 PM.

A Toronto man in Nepal during a massive earthquake that killed at least 3,700 people has contacted his family and is safe. Casey Blustein, 22, was travelling in the country when the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, collapsing entire streets in t
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DIRECT. Népal : 1 561 Français localisés, deux retrouvés morts 4/27/2015 5:56:00 PM.

(WALLY SANTANA / AP / SIPA) 17h30 : C'est le moment du départ pour l'aéroport, plutôt chargés. #Nepal 17h30 : Le Routard #Nepal est prêt. "Ça peut paraître ridicule mais ça peut se révéler très utile" 17h29 : Le camion se remplit. @Solidari
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Hasta 6.6 millones de afectados por terremoto en Nepal: Cruz Roja 4/27/2015 5:56:00 PM.

La Federación Internacional de la Cruz Roja (FICR) estimó que entre 4.6 y 6.6 millones de personas pudieran resultar afectadas por el terremoto que sorprendió a Nepal el pasado sábado. De esa cantidad de personas, el organismo señaló que de
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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25/Apr/2016 12:27 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: JRC (4), EMSR (1), EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),