Description
Activation time (UTC): 2015-04-25 12:20:00
Event time (UTC): 2015-04-25 11:45:00
Event type: Earthquake
Activation reason:
An earthquake in Nepal with a magnitude of 7.9M, 10km depth occurred with at least one consequent aftershock of 7.1M, 10km depth. The epicenter is located between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, and was also felt in northern parts of India. Extensive damage to buildings and injuries have been reported.
Reference products: 22
Delineation products: 14
Grading products: 8
Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.
Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2015): Earthquake in Nepal (2015-04-25). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/5130b600-30b1-4cd8-b9a1-41c05bf8b16a
Keywords
CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Earthquake Emergency Emergency Management EMSR125 Mapping Nepal NPL Rapid Mapping
Data access
All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.
Spatial coverage
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Lineage information
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-04-19
- Modified date
- 2021-04-19
- Issued date
- 2015-04-25
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR125
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/5130b600-30b1-4cd8-b9a1-41c05bf8b16a
- Popularity
- 21 Feb 2024: 1 visits