A man buried up to his shoulders in rubble is rescued from the remains of a destroyed building in Kathmandu, Nepal, after the earthquake
Locals rescued two more dust-covered men, pulling them up on the the street as they work to find and rescue any survivors of the disaster
Two men stand on top of the remains of a building destroyed by the earthquake as a collapsed telephone pole teeters in the rubble nearby
Men carry an injured person through the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake caused massive damage in the city
Scared that tremors might destroy their homes overnight, residents of Kathmandu set up camp on the central reservation of a major road
A man is buried up to his neck in rubble as the rescue teams attempt to dig him free from the collapsed building in the capital of Nepal
People search for survivors stuck under the rubble of a destroyed building, after the earthquake caused serious damage in the capital
A woman cries after she finds out her son was trapped inside a house which collapsed in the Nepal earthquake which also sparked a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest
Nepalese rescue teams remove a body from the rubble of the historic 19th century Darahara Tower in Kathmandu which collapsed in the quake
People search for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed building after the earthquake hit Nepal and surrounding countries at just after 6am GBT time
People carry a woman from the rubble of a destroyed building while locals and rescue teams continue to search for more survivors of the earthquake
The earthquake had an epicentre 80 kilometres north-west of Kathmandu,according to United States Geological Survey and strong tremors were also felt in large areas of northern and eastern India and Bangladesh
A man comforts a woman next to a seriously injured person on the ground in the aftermath of the disaster which is thought to have killed at least two
The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck 81 kilometres (50 miles) northwest of Kathmandu at 06.11 GMT, with walls crumbling and families racing outside of their homes
Volunteers help remove a huge pile of debris from what used to be a building in Durbar Square before the quake which caused extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings
Huge teams of locals and volunteers help to heave away huge pieces of debris from homes, business and offices left by the earthquake
People survey a site damaged by an earthquake which caused buildings to collapse, injuring many and leaving a pall of dust over the city, witnesses said
Teams have been working non-stop since the earthquake devastated the city of Kathmandu at midday local time (just after 6am GBT)
People work to rescue trapped people inside a temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square after the major earthquake hit Kathmandu, Nepal
Crowds gather round the temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square which was badly damaged but has managed to stay mostly upstanding after the tremor
People clear rubble in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by the natural disaster
People walk past a building that was almost completely gutted by the powerful quake in Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley
People survey a site damaged by the shallow earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude struck west of the ancient Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Saturday, killing more than 100 people, injuring hundreds and leaving a pall over the valley, doctors and witnesses said
Rescue workers carry away a victim of the a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Kathmandu and teams work to try and find survivors in the rubble
Volunteers carry someone who was in a building when it collapsed in the powerful earthquake which was felt hundreds of miles away in neighbouring countries
A man stands beside the blood of a victim after an earthquake which killed several hundreds of people in Nepal and injured many others
A couple of earthquake victims are helped by a rescuer in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by the earthquake
Locals who live in Kathmandu are in shock after losing their homes and, for some, their loved ones in the earthquake
A man stands in front of a building that collapsed at Durbar Square in Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley
Rescue teams carry a body away from the rubble of the Darahara Tower in Kathmandu who was killed when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck
Before and after: The Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu's landmarks built by Nepal's royal rulers in the 1800s was reduced to rubble with reports of people trapped underneath
Rescuers remove debris at the tower, a city landmark, after the quake which had an epicentre was 50 miles north-west of Kathmandu and it had a depth of only seven miles, which is considered shallow in geological terms
People inspect the damage of the collapsed landmark Dharahara, also called Bhimsen Tower, after an earthquake caused serious damage in the city
A car is hit by an electric pole after it collapsed following an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal. A magnitude-6.6 aftershock hit about an hour later, and smaller aftershocks continued to ripple through the region for hours
'Running for life from my tent,' Gavan said. 'Everest base camp huge earthquake then huge avalanche.'
Another climber, Daniel Mazur, said Everest base camp had been 'severely damaged' and his team was trapped.
'Please pray for everyone,' he said on his Twitter page.
An avalanche in April 2014 just above the base camp on Mount Everest killed 16 Nepali guides. April is one of the most popular times to climb Everest before rain and clouds cloak the mountain at the end of next month.
Some 230,000 people - nearly half of Nepal's yearly foreign visitors - come to trek the Himalayas, with 810 attempting to scale Mt. Everest in 2013.
Initially measured at 7.5 magnitude, the quake was later adjusted to 7.9, with a depth of 15 kilometres, the USGS said. The US Geological Survey then lowered it to 7.8.
Emergency rescue workers find an injured survivor in the debris of Dharara Tower after it collapsed at noon local time in Kathmandu
Emergency rescue workers carry out another victim of the collapse of the Dharara Tower, a historic 19th century monument, on a stretcher
Injured people receive treatment outside Medicare Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, after a strong magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital
A child is one of many who have sought treatment outside Medicare Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal after hundreds were injured in the natural disaster
Patients wait at the car park of Norvic International Hospital waiting for treatment after an earthquake hit Kathmandu, Nepal
An injured boy is taken to a ward inside a hospital after the earthquake was felt as far as Siliguri, in northern India
The youngster appears to have broken his leg in the disaster which killed at least 34 in India and is thought to have injured many more
The tremor was felt as far as India which reported 34 deaths. In Silguri, an injured young victim of the quake undergoes treatment in hospital
It hit 68 kilometres east of the tourist town of Pokhara. Witnesses and media reports said the quake tremors lasted between 30 seconds and two minutes.
The quake's epicentre was 50 miles north-west of Kathmandu and it had a depth of only seven miles, which is considered shallow in geological terms.
The shallower the quake, the more destructive power it carries, and witnesses said the trembling and swaying of the earth went on for several minutes.
National radio warned people to stay outdoors and maintain calm because more aftershocks were feared.
A 6.6-magnitude aftershock hit about an hour after the initial quake. But smaller aftershocks continued to arrive every few minutes and residents reported of the ground feeling unstable.
People gathered outside Kathmandu's Norvic International Hospital where doctors and nurses had hooked up some patients to IV drops in the car park or were giving people oxygen.
A Swedish woman, Jenny Adhikari, who lives in Nepal, told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that she was riding a bus in the town of Melamchi when the earth began to move.
'A huge stone crashed only about 20 metres from the bus,' she was quoted as saying.
'All the houses around me have tumbled down. I think there are lot of people who have died,' she told the newspaper by telephone. Melamchi is about 30 miles north-east of Kathmandu.
The earthquake also shook several cities across northern India and was felt as far away as Lahore in Pakistan and Lhasa in Tibet, 340 miles east of Kathmandu and India's capital of New Delhi. The Indian cities of Lucknow in the north and Patna in the east also reported strong tremors.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a meeting of top government officials to review the damage and disaster preparedness in parts of India that felt strong tremors.
'We are in the process of finding more information and are working to reach out to those affected, both at home and in Nepal,' he said in a tweet.
In Siliguri, India, where at least two people including a woman were killed, the front of an earthquake-damaged house has become trapped in wiring and the branches of a tree
Part of the house was only stopped from collapsing into the street by a tree in India where at least 34 were killed after the 7.8 magnitude tremor
The shallow earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude struck west of the ancient Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Saturday, killing more than 1,300 people and demolishing buildings
A collapsed house in Nyelam County in Shigatse, Tibet (left) while a man looks through the ruble of a similarly damaged building in Kathmandu
As well as leveling many of Kathmandu's homes and structures, the quake also left a dust pall over the valley, doctors and witnesses said
People search for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO sitem after an earthquake caused serious damage
Rescue teams and tractors clear the rubble of collapsed buildings, crumbled temples and broken walls in Kathmandu Durbar Square
People clear rubble in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by the earthquake
Students gathered outside their school buildings in India after the Nepalese earthquake hit Lucknow, in India at 0622 GMT
Local people in Gyirong County of Xigaze Prefectur in China take refuge at an open area after tremors from the Nepal earthquake hit
A man carries a dog and as he walks past the rubble of a building which was destroyed by the disaster which hit at midday in the densely populated Kathmandu Valley
Mothers hold their children close as they sit and wait outside a school after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck 80 km (50 miles) east of Pokhara in Nepal, about half-way between the town and the capital Kathmandu
Panicked locals gathered outside in the street after the earthqauke which is thought to have killed two and caused extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings
People pray for their loved ones and for assistance after the devastating earthquake ripped through Kathmandu this morning
Locals in Bhopal, India people gathered in the relative safety of open spaces after the earthquake which killed hundreds in Nepal and at least 20 India
Large crowds on the streets in a public square in India after the effects of the tremors were felt hundreds of miles away in Bhopal
source: DAILYMAIL