M 5.7 in Nepal on 03 Oct 2023 09:21 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 1394274
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Glide number: EQ-2023-000182-NPL
Depth: 20.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.4987 , 81.253
Event Date: 03 Oct 2023 09:21 UTC
03 Oct 2023 15:06 Local
Exposed Population: 180 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 03 Oct 2023 18:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.9 (Nepal)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
us6000lcgj Scaled population (vector) 2.12  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.1  
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Nepal - Earthquake (ECHO 04 Oct 2023)Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:07

  • An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 20 km  (6.3 M as reported by the authorities of Nepal) occurred in north-western Nepal, on 3 October at 9.21 UTC (15.06 local time). The epicentre was located in Bajhang District 40 km northeast of Dipayal Silgadhi Municipality.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 135,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
    The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center of Nepal (SeismoNepal) recorded a foreshock of 5.3 M and at least 10 aftershocks of magnitude between 4.1 M and 5.0 M.
  • According to the Provincial Government Emergency Operations Centre, at least 27 people have been injured, 315 houses have been fully damaged and 76 collapsed in the affected areas. The event also triggered a landslide in the district of Bajhang, one person is missing and a major highway is blocked.
  • Some households have already been affected by an earthquake measuring 6.6 Richter scale in November 2022 and are still recovering. As a reminder, 1,882 houses were completely destroyed, and an additional 6,181 houses partially damaged in the affected districts.
  • Due to remote location, information reaching the provincial capital is slow.  
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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