Geodata of Damage Assessment of Sankhu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
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2015
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Title
Geodata of Damage Assessment of Sankhu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Description
This map illustrates satellite-detected damage and destruction in the town of Sankhu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Located northeast of Kathmandu city, Sankhu was significantly impacted by the 25 April 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Using satellite imagery acquired 27 April 2015 UNITAR / UNOSAT identified a total of 300 affected structures. Approximately 166 of these were destroyed, 97 severely damaged, and 37 moderately damaged. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR / UNOSAT.
Creator
UNOSAT
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2015-04-30
Date Issued
2015-05-28
Access Rights
Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.
UNOSAT (2015). Geodata of Damage Assessment of Sankhu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/8329c75f-5822-418f-9e3a-2a653b05d908 (dataset)