At least 71 killed as 7.9 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal

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BREAKING NEWS – At least 71 people died after a powerful magnitude-7.9 earthquake shook Nepal’s capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley around noon Saturday, Nepal's Home Ministry says.

Sky News also reports that at least 50 people are trapped underneath rubble of the city’s iconic Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu’s landmarks built by Nepal’s royal rulers in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognized historical monument.

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Breaking!!

6.7 ‘after shock’ hit Nepal.....

Many smaller ones all thru the night...people aren’t sleeping....many frightened.

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expert from USGS said:

...” this magnitude of an earthquake 7.9 will have aftershocks for weeks if not months”.....

Latest after shock just hit at 6.7 magnitude....just 6 miles deep...death toll now over 2,000 deaths.

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More than 2 1/2 dozen aftershocks of magnitude 4 and above have already been noted.

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Fresh Nepal after shock... of 5.4 magnitude on Richter scale

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6.7 magnitude aftershock sets off 3 avalanches on Mt. Everest says climbers at Base Camp.

Things are rocking and rolling in Nepal....

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Rescue of a survior at base camp Mt. Everest

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Rescue in progress at base camp

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Screams and the sound of an avalanche could be heard over the phone line Vajpai was speaking on. At Everest base camp, Romanian climber Alex Gavan tweeted that the 6.7 aftershock had set off three avalanches.

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Robert Schmidt at the base camp sent back photos of the avalanch

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Meanwhile hands up folks demonstrated in Baltimore maryland in Baltimore, Maryland...Ferguson is alive...yet again...

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They just had a 6.7 aftershock. That size aftershock is about as strong as Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles in the 1990's.

Death toll keeps climbing as more and more rubble is searched for victims.

As Christians hear in the Bible, one will not know the place or time when the Lord cometh...

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There have been 31 aftershocks in Nepal since Saturday's earthquake. ...All of them were magnitude 4 and above....the region is prone to soil liquefaction in strong earthquakes, when vibrations can cause solid ground to turn in to something akin to quicksand, swallowing buildings.....Aftershocks Can Continue For 2 Months

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Death toll over 2,000 now and climbing.....injured over 5,000....they have concerns over the ground holding up under all these after shocks....32 since the first hit....the ground is such it would begin to swallow houses.

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Rescue efforts continue...many remain very afraid of toppling buildings....nights are cold...and it's been raining...p>

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I wonder how much Mount Everest has changed in elevation on account of this quake. Is it higher or lower? Will it change by inches, feet, or yards?

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I don’t know...but there’s a couple posters who check back here because they want to know that as well...all I’m hearing is they’re having a heck of a time at Everest as boulders travel with these avalanches....and this last 6.7 quake shook three more avalanches.

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This photo is from a guy taking it from his office building when the 6.7 hit...people were heading for the streets

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Airport has been closed....which will hamper rescue teams and aide from coming in....

the 6.7 after shock.. felt in most parts of north and northeast India including New Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Siliguri and Assam. ..........Minutes after the first aftershock, Nepal felt another measuring 5.0 in magnitude, according to news reports.