Nepal Earthquake Impact Analysis for February 27, 2025

WFP’s Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system provides geospatial and socio-economic analysis following sudden onset humanitarian emergencies. This dataset describes a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that occurred on February 27, 2025, 9km NE of Ratmate, Nepal, impacting an estimated 289,469 people within a 50km radius. The data was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling population exposure to seismic hazards based on the reported impact radius of 50km.
• Prioritizing emergency resource allocation based on the estimated 289,469 affected people.
• Mapping the earthquake's geographic footprint based on the provided epicenter coordinates (latitude 27.8265, longitude 85.9676).
• Analyzing earthquake characteristics for risk modeling based on the reported magnitude (5.5) and depth (10.0 km).

Strengths

• Provides specific impact metrics, including an estimated 289,469 people affected within 50km.
• Contains precise event details: magnitude 5.5, depth 10.0 km, and exact epicenter coordinates.
• Data is produced by an operational UN system (WFP ADAM) for humanitarian analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset focuses on a single event; broader temporal or regional analysis requires additional data.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Automated collection, analysis, and mapping of geospatial and socio-economic information following a sudden onset emergency.

Time Range

Event date: February 27, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:45:47.240041; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Epicenter near Ratmate, Nepal (latitude 27.8265, longitude 85.9676).