7.9 Magnitude Earthquake Nepal

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Worse than first reports indicated ...

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-...ople-die-buildings-collapse-kathmandu/6421696

The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.9 quake struck 77 kilometres north-west of Kathmandu at lunchtime (local time)
A massive earthquake has hit Nepal and north India, killing more than 1,300 people, collapsing a nine-storey tower in Kathmandu and triggering a fatal avalanche on Mount Everest.

A police official said the death toll in Nepal alone had reached 1,341, more than half of them in the Kathmandu Valley, making it the country's worst earthquake in more than 80 years.

A further 36 fatalities were reported in northern India, 12 in Chinese Tibet and four in Bangladesh.

At least 10 of those killed in Nepal were people at Mount Everest base camp, part of which was buried after an avalanche triggered by the earthquake.

"An avalanche from Mt Pumori has hit the base camp, burying a part of it," tourism official Gyanendra Shrestha said.

"We don't have the details yet, but 10 have been reported dead so far, including foreign climbers," he said. ...
 
Very sad to hear this news, with us being in Kathmandu and Pokhara almost one year ago to the day it really hits hard, especially thinking about the amazing staff at the guest house we stayed at, I hope telephone/internet services start to restore soon so families can contact each other.
 
Very sad to hear this news, with us being in Kathmandu and Pokhara almost one year ago to the day it really hits hard, especially thinking about the amazing staff at the guest house we stayed at, I hope telephone/internet services start to restore soon so families can contact each other.

Mr and Master P were there four years ago. They feel the same. The structures are so poorly constructed that this is just the tip.

Hugh Sheridan (actor from Adelaide, Packed to the Rafters) has reported his brother is missing.
 
Just on 12 months when avalanche on Mt. Everest killed 16 or so sherpas.
 
And now 6.5 aftershock.


That has to be terrifying ordeal for locals and visitors alike. Mountaineering is a perilous activity but earthquakes are not usually anticipated.
 
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Further tremors felt in Nepal and surrounds this evening, AEST.
 
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