All Stories: Quake

KATHMANDU: Bureaucracy at Kathmandu airport was holding up vital relief supplies for survivors of the earthquake in Nepal on Saturday as the death toll from the disaster passed 6,600.

KATHMANDU: As he lay trapped for some 82 hours under the rubble of his Kathmandu hotel after Nepal's devastating earthquake, Rishi Khanal knew what he must do to survive: drink his own urine.

KATHMANDU: The number of people killed in a devastating earthquake in Nepal has risen to 4,010, the country's disaster agency said on Monday.

KATHMANDU: Overwhelmed doctors moved hundreds of patients onto the streets of Nepal's capital on Sunday when aftershocks rattled hospitals and buildings already damaged by an earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people and devastated Kathmandu valley.

KATHMANDU: Reduced to piles of rubble and splintered wood, Nepal's rich cultural heritage has suffered a devastating blow from a massive earthquake that tore through the country, experts said Sunday.

KATHMANDU: Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal Sunday, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,200 and triggering fresh avalanches at Everest base camp, as rescuers dug through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU: A 6.7-magnitude aftershock struck earthquake-devastated Nepal on Sunday, the USGS said, with climbers reporting the tremor triggered more avalanches on Mount Everest.

KATHMANDU: Dan Fredinburg, a Google Inc executive based in California, was among those killed on Saturday in an avalanche on Mount Everest caused by a devastating earthquake in Nepal, the company said.

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army will dispatch four C-130 aircrafts carrying a 30-bed hospital, special search and rescue teams and relief items to Nepal tomorrow, ARY News reported quoting ISPR.

PESHAWAR: A minor earthquake jolted Peshawar and adjacent areas on Sunday evening, however no loss of life was reported in its wake, ARY News reported.

NAPA: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked wine country north of San Francisco early on Sunday, injuring more than 100 people, damaging historic buildings, setting some homes on fire and causing power outages around the picturesque town of Napa.