M 6.6 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 06:45 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 1052905
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 14.62 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.1927 , 84.8645
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 06:45 UTC
25 Apr 2015 12:30 Local
Exposed Population: 6220000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 07:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 2 2
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

Aid agencies struggle to reach remote villages as Nepal death toll cli.. 4/29/2015 1:18:00 AM.

The UN's resident coordinator in Nepal, Jamie McGoldrick, told reporters in Kathmandu on Tuesday that of the estimated 8 million people affected, 2 million were in the 11 districts hardest hit by Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which c
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Aid agencies struggle to reach remote villages as Nepal death toll cli.. 4/29/2015 1:16:00 AM.

The UN's resident coordinator in Nepal, Jamie McGoldrick, told reporters in Kathmandu on Tuesday that of the estimated 8 million people affected, 2 million were in the 11 districts hardest hit by Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which c
...(more)
Aid agencies struggle to reach remote villages as Nepal death toll cli.. 4/29/2015 1:16:00 AM.

The UN's resident coordinator in Nepal, Jamie McGoldrick, told reporters in Kathmandu on Tuesday that of the estimated 8 million people affected, 2 million were in the 11 districts hardest hit by Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which c
...(more)
Aid agencies struggle to reach remote villages as Nepal death toll cli.. 4/29/2015 1:13:00 AM.

The UN's resident coordinator in Nepal, Jamie McGoldrick, told reporters in Kathmandu on Tuesday that of the estimated 8 million people affected, 2 million were in the 11 districts hardest hit by Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which c
...(more)

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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: JRC (3), EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),