Chinese rescue team on way to Nepal as toll exceeds 1,000
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-04-25 14:4116: 00
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a high level meeting with ministers and top officials in the wake of the situation arising due to the earthquake, says an Indian TV channel.
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Villagers wounded in Shigatse's Jilong town.
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One Chinese were killed by the quake near the border, according to Chinese Embassy in Nepal
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Hospitals in Nepal are short-handed and the injured are lying on the floor.
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New Delhi's subway system was halted temporarily. 318 National Road between China's Shigatse and Zhangmu port has been blocked by the quake. Communication has been interrupted in Jilong port in Tibet.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was quoted as saying by CNN in a tweet: "We are in the process of finding more information and are working to reach out to those affected, both at home and in Nepal," Indian TV channel.
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At least two people were killed, authorities of Nepal and India said.
A 15-year-old girl was killed in northern India after the earthquake brought down the wall of her home in a village near the border with Nepal.
Another girl was killed by a falling statue in a town outside Nepal's capital Kathmandu, according to Nepal's state radio.
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Second quake at M7.0 jolts ground 30km beneath Nepal 34 minutes after the first, according to CENC.
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According to staff in Chinese Embassy in Nepal, there were casualties of Chinese near the China-Nepal border.
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Citizens from China's Tibet autonomous region's Lhasa and Shigatse said they can feel the tremors too.
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Mohammad Shahab, a resident from Lahore, Pakistan, says he was sitting in his office when the earthquake rocked the city. He says the tremors continued for a while but now the situation is normal in the city. The sustained quake also was felt in India's capital of New Delhi.
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A picture shows the houses damaged by the earthquake that struck east of Pokhara in Nepal. Photo by China Earthquake Networks Center |
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Buildings collapse in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu.
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People wait at a school after a 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck, in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 25, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] |
A massive earthquake measuring 8.1 magnitude struck 80 km (50 miles) east of Pokhara in Nepal 14:11 pm on Saturday. The epicenter was monitored at 28.2 degrees north latitude and 84.7 degrees east longitude, and the focus of the quake is 20 kilometers deep, according to China Earthquake Networks Center.
