- An avalanche at Mount Everest base camp triggered by a massive earthquake killed at least 10 people on Saturday, including foreign climbers, a Nepalese official said.
"We don't have the details yet, but 10 have been reported dead so far, including foreign climbers," Gyanendra Kumar Shrestha from Nepal's tourism department told AFP.
Map locating the epicenter of a massive quake that struck Nepal
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People clear rubble in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by an earthquake on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
The powerful earthquake caused massive damage in the Nepal capital Kathmandu, with rescue members removing bodies from the Darahara Tower which collapsed on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
Nepalese rescue members and onlookers gather at the collapsed Darahara Tower in Kathmandu on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
Nepalese people walk past collapsed buildings at Lalitpur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
Nepalese people walk past a collapsed army building in Kathmandu, on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
While contact with Nepal was sporadic, a senior Nepalese diplomat warned that the final toll could run into many hundreds
Prakash Mathema, AFP
Officials said that at least 114 people are known to have died in Nepal but that the toll could be many times higher, while casualties were also reported in neighbouring India and Bangladesh
Prakash Mathema, AFP
An avalanche at Mount Everest base camp triggered by a massive earthquake killed at least 10 people on Saturday, including foreign climbers, a Nepalese official said.
“We don’t have the details yet, but 10 have been reported dead so far, including foreign climbers,” Gyanendra Kumar Shrestha from Nepal’s tourism department told AFP.
Map locating the epicenter of a massive quake that struck Nepal
, Graphic/AFP
People clear rubble in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by an earthquake on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
The powerful earthquake caused massive damage in the Nepal capital Kathmandu, with rescue members removing bodies from the Darahara Tower which collapsed on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
Nepalese rescue members and onlookers gather at the collapsed Darahara Tower in Kathmandu on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
Nepalese people walk past collapsed buildings at Lalitpur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
Nepalese people walk past a collapsed army building in Kathmandu, on April 25, 2015
Prakash Mathema, AFP
While contact with Nepal was sporadic, a senior Nepalese diplomat warned that the final toll could run into many hundreds
Prakash Mathema, AFP
Officials said that at least 114 people are known to have died in Nepal but that the toll could be many times higher, while casualties were also reported in neighbouring India and Bangladesh
Prakash Mathema, AFP