M 4.5 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 07:39 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 1052917
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.6659 , 85.7483
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 07:39 UTC
25 Apr 2015 13:24 Local
Exposed Population:
8034074 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 08:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 211 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Nepal earthquake: Kathmandu suffers damage as tremors felt as far away ... Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:39:00 +0200.

A massive earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale has injured dozens and caused extensive damage in the capital of Nepal and throughout the densely populated Kathmandu Valley region. The injured have been taken to the main hospital i
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Massive tremors felt in North India following 7.5 magnitude earthquake ... Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:38:00 +0200.

It is unfortunate that the government seems determined to introduce legal pr... Massive tremors felt in North India following 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Nepal.
Tremors felt in North India following 7.5 magnitude quake in NepalSat, 25 Apr 2015 10:38:00 +0200.

Massive tremors were felt in national capital and throughout North India that lasted between 30 seconds to over four minutes. The earthquake tremors were felt after a huge 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Nepal. Thousands from areas like Syria,
...(more)
[Vidéo] Un séisme de magnitude 7,9 frappe la région de KatmandouSat, 25 Apr 2015 10:36:00 +0200.

Un puissant séisme de magnitude 7,9 a ébranlé le Népal, selon l’Institut américain de géophysique (USGS), et de fortes secousses ont été ressenties dans ce pays himalayen et dans certaines régions d’Inde. Le tremblement de terre s’est produ
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),