M 4.6 in Nepal on 25 Apr 2015 13:30 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 1052952
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.1078 , 85.0726
Event Date: 25 Apr 2015 13:30 UTC
25 Apr 2015 19:15 Local
Exposed Population:
5790627 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2015 13:53 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 7454 | About casualties: 1245 | Last hour: 0

Nepal earthquake: Survivor reveals 33 hours of despairWed, 29 Apr 2015 08:40:00 +0200.

For almost two days she heard nothing but the sounds of a city in ruins. Then, after 33 hours peering through a tiny trap of light, she heard a voice, speaking in Hindi: an Indian rescue worker had arrived. Recalling the earthquake, she sai
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Nepal earthquake: Humanitarian emergency looms as 1.5 million people f ... Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:40:00 +0200.

The scale of the emergency facing Nepal in the aftermath of last weekend’s earthquake has finally begun to emerge as its government warned the final death toll could double to 10,000 and the United Nations said nearly 1.5 million people fac
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The Latest on Nepal: Protesters complain no aid reached themWed, 29 Apr 2015 08:39:00 +0200.

12:05 p.m. (0620 GMT) About 200 people have blocked traffic in Kathmandu to protest the slow pace of aid delivery. The protesters faced off with police and there were minor scuffles but no arrests were made. One protester says they haven't
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The Latest on Nepal: Earthquake Death Toll Tops 5,000Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:38:00 +0200.

12:05 p.m. (0620 GMT) About 200 people have blocked traffic in Kathmandu to protest the slow pace of aid delivery. The protesters faced off with police and there were minor scuffles but no arrests were made. One protester says they haven't
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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),