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 April 26.
 

At least 758 have been confirmed dead in a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale in Nepal.

The quake struck about 80 kilometers northwest of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, shortly before noon local time, according to the US Geological Survey. It was followed by strong aftershocks.

An earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter shook Nepal between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara in tremors felt as far as Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. A national police spokesman said that 700 people had been killed across the country, rescuers are digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings trying to reach survivors, estimated to number hundreds.

A powerful, 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon on April 25, collapsing houses, temples The death toll from a powerful quake that struck Nepal on Saturday has risen to 449, most of it in the Kathmandu Valley, police said. 

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Lacking more efficient vehicles and equipment, Nepalese officials have tried to tug a Turkish jetliner with regular trucks. They finally succeeded in their salvage efforts on March 7, the fourth day after the incident.

A Turkish Airlines jet skidded off the wet surface of the runway of the Kathmandu Tribhuwan International Airport on the early hours of March 4.