Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 06:56 UTC

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M 5.5 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 06:56 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.91 , 85.6501
Event Date:	25 Apr 2015 06:56 UTC 25 Apr 2015 12:41 Local
Exposed Population:	5700000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	25 Apr 2015 07:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.9		0.9
	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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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1077610		0.9	25 Apr 2015 06:56	5.5M, 10km	N/A	5.7 million (in 100km)		01:02	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Nepal ,of Bagmati (population 84,024) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	84000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1077610	27.91/85.65	5.5	10	0	17 Oct 2016 10:32	541d 03:35	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bagmati	Nepal	84000 people
Bagmati	Nepal	2.9 million people
Xizang	China	<1000 people
Janakpur	Nepal	130000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Barahbise	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	28 km
Banepa	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	17000 people	33 km
Bhaktapur	Bagmati	Nepal	City	76000 people	34 km
Langtang	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	34 km
Kathmandu	Bagmati	Nepal	Capital	780000 people	40 km
Patan	Bagmati	Nepal	City	-	41 km
Congdü	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	45 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Mountain	MWP	unknown				0	33 km
	Tribhuvan International	KTM	1347	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	37 km

More information

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