Earthquake Orange Shaking Alert M 7.3, Origin Time: Tue 2015-05-12 07:05:19 UTC (12:50:19 local) PAGER o o Location: 27.84 N 86.08 E Depth: 15 km Version 3 Created: 2 hours, 5 minutes after earthquake Estimated Fatalities Orange alert level for shaking-related fatalities. Estimated Economic Losses Significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. Past events with this alert level have required a regional or national level response. 35% 33% 27% 31% 20% 17% 10% Yellow alert level for economic losses. Some 13% 2% 5% 1% damage is possible. Estimated economic losses 4% 2% are 0-1% GDP of Nepal. 1 100 10,000 1 100 10,000 10 1,000 100,000 10 1,000 100,000 Fatalities USD (Millions) Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking ESTIMATED POPULATION - -* 26k* 95,415k* 60,510k 3,886k 304k 67k 0 0 EXPOSURE (k = x1000) ESTIMATED MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY PERCEIVED SHAKING Not felt Weak Light Moderate Strong Very Strong Severe Violent Extreme

Resistant none none none V. Light Light Moderate Moderate/Heavy Heavy V. Heavy POTENTIAL Structures DAMAGE Vulnerable Structures none none none Light Moderate Moderate/Heavy Heavy V. Heavy V. Heavy *Estimated exposure only includes population within the map area. Population Exposure population per ~1 sq. km from Landscan Structures: Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly vulnerable to 84°E 86°E 88°E earthquake shaking, though some resistant structures exist. The predominant vulnerable building types are unreinforced brick with mud and unknown/miscellaneous types construction.

Historical Earthquakes (with MMI levels): SagaSagaSaga Date Dist. Mag. Max Shaking (UTC) (km) MMI(#) Deaths 29°N 1998-09-03 77 5.6 VII(21) 0 1974-03-24 17 5.7 VIII(598) 0 1988-08-20 131 6.8 VIII(12k) 1k ChitreChitre ChitreChitre Recent earthquakes in this area have caused BaglungBaglung IV BaglungBaglungPokharaPokhara secondary hazards such as landslides and IV liquefaction that might have contributed to WalingWaling KodariKodari 28°N losses. TansenTansenTansen NamcheNamche BazarBazar ButwalButwal BharatpurBharatpur KathmanduKathmandu PanaotiPanaotiPanaoti VIVIVI Selected City Exposure PanaotiPanaotiPanaoti VIVIVI BhairahawaBhairahawa ManganMangan from GeoNames.org NautanwaNautanwa HituraHitura KhandbariKhandbari GangtokGangtok NichlaulNichlaul GangtokGangtok MMI City Population SingtamSingtamSingtam BhojpurBhojpur AnandnagarAnandnagar BagahaBagaha VI Zham < 1k BirganjBirganj DarjilingDarjiling MehndawalMehndawal DhankutaDhankuta 27°N IlamIlamIlam KarsiyangKarsiyang VI 2k MalangwaMalangwa DharanDharan BazarBazar GorakhpurGorakhpur BettiahBettiah GaurGaur DharanDharan BazarBazar GorakhpurGorakhpur GaurGaur JanakpurJanakpurJanakpur LahanLahanLahan VI Bhaktapur < 1k MotihariMotihari SirahaSirahaSiraha IthariIthariIthari NaksalbariNaksalbari MotihariMotihari SitamarhiSitamarhi SirahaSirahaSiraha BansgaonBansgaon SitamarhiSitamarhi RajbirajRajbiraj BhadrapurBhadrapur VI 1,442k DeoriaDeoria GopalganjGopalganj SheoharSheoharSheohar BiratnagarBiratnagar ChakiaChakia BelsandBelsand ThakurganjThakurganjThakurganj BarauliBarauli ChakiaChakia MadhubaniMadhubani MadhubaniMadhubani ForbesganjForbesganjForbesganj VI Zuobude < 1k ChilluparChillupar JhanjharpurJhanjharpurJhanjharpur ForbesganjForbesganjForbesganj IslampurIslampurIslampur BilariaganjBilariaganj LarLarLar SiwanSiwan VV ChhatapurChhatapur BilariaganjBilariaganj LarLarLar SiwanSiwan MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpur ArariaAraria VI Camgyai < 1k AzamgarhAzamgarh BeltharaBelthara MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpur SupaulSupaul ArariaAraria KishanganjKishanganj AzamgarhAzamgarh SikandarpurSikandarpurSikandarpur IV MauMau MarhauraMarhaura 26°N V 1,600k MehnagarMehnagarMauMau LalganjLalganjLalganj SamastipurSamastipur SaharsaSaharsa BanmankhiBanmankhi PirgaajPirgaajPirgaaj RasraRasra ReotiReoti LalganjLalganjLalganj SamastipurSamastipur SaharsaSaharsa BanmankhiBanmankhi PirgaajPirgaajPirgaaj RevelganjRevelganj RuseraRusera BihariganjBihariganjPurniaPurniakm IV 674k SadatSadatSadat DalsinghDalsingh SaraiSarai SadatSadatSadatGhazipurGhazipur DalsinghDalsingh SaraiSarai RaghunathpurRaghunathpurRaiganjRaiganj SaidpurSaidpurSaidpurGhazipurGhazipur AraAra PatnaPatna IV Dhankuta 22k SaidpurSaidpurSaidpur AraAra FatwaFatwaFatwa KhagariaKhagaria KatiharKatihar JagdispurJagdispurJagdispur FatwaFatwaFatwa BarhBarh BaruniBaruni 0 50 100 ZamaniaZamania IVIVIV MungerMunger NaugachhiaNaugachhia IV Pokhara 200k MasaurhiMasaurhi BuzurgBuzurg MungerMunger NaugachhiaNaugachhia DaulatpurDaulatpur MughalMughal SaraiSarai PiroPiroPiro BhagalpurBhagalpur DaulatpurDaulatpur BikramganjBikramganj BiharBihar SharifSharif IV Gangtok 31k PAGER content is automatically generated, and only considers losses due to structural damage. bold cities appear on map (k = x1000) Limitations of input data, shaking estimates, and loss models may add uncertainty. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/pager Event ID: us20002ejl