Orange Earthquake Alert in Nepal
On 9/18/2011 12:40:48 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 and depth 19.7km has struck an highly populated area in the Mechi Province (population: 1.2 million) in Nepal. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be medium (Orange alert).
This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact since the affected region is highly populated and has medium resilience for natural disasters.
The earthquake 161km from the city of Thimphu. The nearest populated places are Ghunsa (13km), Lhonak (7km). It is a mountainous region with a maximum altitude of 8682 m.
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