M 5 in Nepal on 21 Feb 2016 18:10 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 1081068
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 19.24 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.0107 , 84.7447
Event Date: 21 Feb 2016 18:10 UTC
21 Feb 2016 23:55 Local
Exposed Population:
7550967 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2016 19:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Prince Harry to meet earthquake survivors on visit to Nepal 2/25/2016 12:18:00 PM.

Prince Harry has been “moved” by the resilience of earthquake survivors in Nepal, Kensington Palace said today as details of his trip to the country next month were announced. The devastating quakes killed more than 9,000 people last April
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Australian girl makes third attempt at Mt Everest 2/25/2016 10:12:00 AM.

Sydney, Feb 25 (IANS) A teenager is making her third attempt at scaling the world's tallest mountain peak in an effort to become the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest. Queensland teenager Alyssa Azar will depart for Nepal next mon
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Teenager makes third attempt to scale Mt. Qomolangma in bid to be youn.. 2/25/2016 6:11:00 AM.

SYDNEY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- An Australian teenager is making her third attempt at scaling the world's tallest mountain in a bid to become the youngest Australian to summit Mount Qomolangma, but it will be her youngest brother on top of the
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Qld teen's third attempt at Everest record 2/25/2016 5:26:00 AM.

Queensland teenager Alyssa Azar is making her third attempt to be the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest. But if the Toowoomba 19-year-old gets there, it will be her little brother on top of the world. Ms Azar is taking along a pho
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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),