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Earthquake Avalanche Kills Eight At Nepal's Everest Base Camp

Earthquake Avalanche Kills Eight At Nepal's Everest Base Camp
Rescuers clear the debris at Durbar Sqaure after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015. A strong magnitude-7.9 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
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Rescuers clear the debris at Durbar Sqaure after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 25, 2015. A strong magnitude-7.9 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)

KATHMANDU — An avalanche triggered by a deadly earthquake in Nepal on Saturday buried a part of the base camp for climbers bound for Mount Everest, killing at least eight people, Nepal's tourism ministry said.

"The toll could go up, it may include foreigners as well as sherpas," tourism official Gyanendra Shrestha said.

Big earthquake in Kathmandu Nepal

Posted by Rajendra Rai on Friday, 24 April 2015

People ran out of multi-storeyed shopping malls in Surat during #earthquake earlier in the day. pic.twitter.com/vZ9r0wW69h

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 25, 2015

Pictures of devastation #earthquakehttp://t.co/zLTLpTWtrYpic.twitter.com/KHHngVaqJU

— Reddit India (@redditindia) April 25, 2015

Prayers for all those who r affected by the #earthquake both in India & Nepal.try to help people who r in difficultie pic.twitter.com/FdoIddGVCK

— samina naz (@saminanaz18) April 25, 2015

#UPDATE: "Major landmarks in Nepal are down" Associated Press..(Images: Twitter)

Posted by Chris Lynch on Saturday, 25 April 2015

Made by earthquake in bhakatpur

Posted by Sapan Sagar on Friday, 24 April 2015

Nepal Earthquake images. Heard it was 6.6 on Ritcher scale. Prayers for those affected

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