Strong earthquake rocks Nepal, damages Kathmandu

People free a man from the rubble of a destroyed building after an earthquake hit Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 25 April 2015

Rescuers are searching through rubble for survivors

A powerful earthquake has rocked Nepal, wrecking buildings, injuring dozens of people and causing an unknown number of deaths, eyewitnesses say.

The quake measured 7.9 and struck an area between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, the US Geological Survey said.

Tremors were felt across the region, as far afield as Pakistan, Bangladesh and neighbouring India.

A Nepali minister said there had been "massive damage" at the epicentre.

"We need support from the various international agencies which are more knowledgeable and equipped to handle the kind of emergency we face now," Information Minister Minendra Rijal.

Several buildings, including the landmark Dharahara tower, were reduced to rubble in Kathmandu.

Media captionMinister Minendra Rijai says there has been "massive damage" around the epicentre of the quake

A map showing the location of an earthquake striking Nepal

The tower was turned into a stump, with several feared dead among its ruins.

Injured people have been brought to the main hospital. Reuters news agency put the initial death toll at four, including casualties at the tower.

After the earthquake struck, concerned residents came out into the streets. Mobile phones and other communications have been disrupted.

"It was very scary. The earth was moving... I am waiting for treatment but the [hospital] staff are overwhelmed," a labourer who injured his arm in a collapsing wall told AP.

Nepalese rescue members and onlookers gather at the collapsed Dharahara Tower in Kathmandu on April 25, 2015
The once multi-storey Dharahara Tower looked like this after the earthquake

Indian authorities are responding. "We are in the process of finding more information and are working to reach out to those affected, both at home and in Nepal," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

Aftershocks could still be felt across the region sometime after the initial quake.

Mountaineer Alex Gavan tweeted that the quake caused an avalanche on Mount Everest.

In 2011, a deadly earthquake killed at least five people in Nepal. Kathmandu was all but destroyed in the devastating earthquake of 1934.

In this photo released by China"s Xinhua News Agency, a collapsed building is seen in Nepal"s capital Kathmandu Saturday, April 25, 2015
Kathmandu is a warren of tightly-packed houses and narrow streets
An injured man receives treatment outside the Medicare Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015
Dozens have been injured in the earthquake
People stand on the runway outside the International Terminal after a earthquake hit, at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 25, 2015,
This was the scene at Nepal's international airport

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Comment by SongStar101 on April 26, 2015 at 12:00pm

Earthquake, Avalanche, 18 Dead on Everest, Over 1,400 in Nepal

http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/earthquake-avalanche-and-evere...

An earthquake measuring 7.8 in magnitude rocked Nepal today—killing over 1,400 people—and triggered an avalanche on Mt. Everest that has left at least 18 climbers dead at the South Base Camp and an unknown number missing or trapped.

With the climbing season in full swing, 700 climbers are in the region and over 300 are on the mountain itself, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association.

“The avalanche apparently happened between the Khumbu Icefall and base camp,” Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association reported to Sky News.

Everest ER posted on Facebook: "A huge avalanche off Pumori covered many tents in base camp. Many of our friends in base camp have been seriously injured and killed. With the help of nearly every able bodied friend in base camp, we moved our clinic to the IMG camp where we are caring for patients. We very limited communications at the moment. Pray for Nepal, friends. Namaste."

Carsten Lillelund Pedersen, a 45-year-old from Denmark who was in base camp at the time of the avalanche, told NBC News that he hid behind a rock until the avalanche had passed. He reports that his group has constructed a makeshift hospital in their base camp dining tent to treat the injured.

"We are treating casualties—like smaller fractures to the head, shoulder injuries, etc," he said to NBC via a Facebook interview.

Climbers in Camp 1, above the Khumbu Icefall, report being safe, as well as all teams on Annapurna, known for avalanches and closer to the center of the earthquake.

The epicenter struck between Kathmandu and Pokhara, according to the US Geological Survery. A number of historical buildings, including Kathmandu’s landmark Dharahara tower and other Unesco world heritage sites, were destroyed.

It is the worst earthquake to hit Nepal in 81 years.

Comment by casey a on April 26, 2015 at 5:20am

Just posting the reddit thread on this here: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/33uwng/nepal_earthquake_...

(If you want updates, you can sort the comments in the thread by "new" instead of "best")

USGS says upto 32 earthquakes have occurred.

Another commenter says: "I have experienced 26 shakes till now .. Its still shaking .. Can't go inside home .. Going to bathroom is too risky .. We are terrified .. Shaking and shaking..God help us"

Comment by jorge namour on April 25, 2015 at 7:02pm

Earthquake Nepal Himalaya disfigured by numerous landslides, there are fears for the flooding of some glacial lakes and for bad weather

The massive landslides and avalanches produced by the massive earthquake could cause the flooding of some glacial lakes of high altitude

April 25, 2015

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=...

LaPresse / XinHua

Strong earthquake in Nepal, China and India also affected

(150425) -- LHASA, April 25, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 25, 2015 shows a road blocked by a landslide in Gyirong County of Xigaze Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, due to an 8.1-magnitude earthquake in Nepal. An 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, at 2:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) (0622 GMT) Saturday, China Earthquake Networks Center said. (Xinhua) (mcg)

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/04/terremoto-nepal-himalaya-sfigurato-d...

https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...

The strong earthquake that shook the morning today Nepal, besides damaging the city of Katmandu, literally "disfigured" the southern slope of the Himalayas.

The powerful shaking produced by the earthquake of 7.9 Richter, caused extensive landslides and avalanches that by imposing harsh Himalayan slopes rushed towards the underlying valley floor, submerging entire villages. Some of these landslides, like the one that occurred along the wall that has seriously damaged the Everest base camp, reached truly colossal proportions, such as to change the morphology of the local landscape.

Now there are fears that some of these avalanches and landslides of these giant, slide at great speed from the walls of the southern slope of the Himalayas can precipitate on some glacial lakes, causing massive floods to the valleys below

It is, unfortunately, a phenomenon quite common along the Himalayan region. Such events, caused by large landslides or avalanches, are not as rare along the area of ​​the Himalayas. CONTINUE...

Comment by Andrew Veresay on April 25, 2015 at 6:54pm

a person from India posted this on Godlike:

"

Landslides in Indian state of Sikkim after Nepal Earthquake

Heavy rains predicted in Earthquake region

Posting from Mumbai

Himalaya region will be unstable for next 2 to 5 years.

Do not go to Himalayas

Whole Himalaya region (mountains) has been shaken by the big earthquake

India China Nepal Pakistan"

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2845739/pg1

Comment by Gerard Zwaan on April 25, 2015 at 12:23pm
Comment by Andrey Eroshin on April 25, 2015 at 12:18pm

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