M 4.7 in Nepal on 22 May 2015 10:59 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 1055537
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.0074 , 84.9701
Event Date: 22 May 2015 10:59 UTC
22 May 2015 16:44 Local
Exposed Population:
6874124 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 May 2015 11:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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

Nepal earthquake - one month on 5/26/2015 10:53:00 AM.

Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Since the earthquake that hit Nepal on 25 April, CBM, with partner organisations, has reached more than 3000 people through outreach camps in
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NEPAL - Nepalese authorities ban entry to the Hindu and Buddhist relig.. 5/26/2015 10:12:00 AM.

05/26/2015 NEPAL Nepalese authorities ban entry to the Hindu and Buddhist religious sites for fear of collapse by Christopher Sharma Concerns about the continuing aftershocks. Ban focuses on Hindu and Buddhist temples, located on hills and
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Nepal: Nepal Relief Assistance, 26th May 2015 5/26/2015 9:27:00 AM.

In continuation to Nepal earthquake relief efforts from the government of Pakistan, another one C-130 sortie was sent today carrying 3000 Tarpaulin. A total 18xC-130 sorties carrying relief assistance have successfully been handed over to N
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Malnutrition a growing threat for post-'quake children, warns Unicef 5/26/2015 9:06:00 AM.

KATHMANDU, Nepal, 25 May 2015 – One month after the first of two major earthquakes hit Nepal, an estimated 70,000 children under five are at risk of malnutrition and require urgent humanitarian support - according to UNICEF. Around 15,000 c
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Exposed population

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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),