A powerful, magnitude-7.9 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, collapsing houses, leveling centuries-old temples and cutting open roads in the worst temblor in the Himalayan nation in over 80 years.
People search for survivors stuck under the rubble of a destroyed building, after an earthquake caused serious damage in Kathmandu, Nepal EPA
A highway that developed huge cracks during the earthquake
Photo: onlinekhabar.comBefore and after pictures of Nepal's historic Dharhara tower. Image via Twitter/ @IMSahilBhalla
A collapsed building in Kathmandu after an earthquake strikes Nepal. (Photo credit- alex.sukharev/Instagram)
Buildings collapses after massive earthquake rock Nepal. (Photo credit- @Jaw_Knock on Twitter)
People search in a buildings rubble in Kathmandu (Photo: AP)
A road blocked by a landslide in Gyirong County of Xigaze Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (Xinhua/Corbis)
The scene at Nepal's international airport immediately after the earthquake (Photo: Reuters)
A collapsed building is pictured after an earthquake hit in Kathmandu (Photo: Reuters)
People gather near a collapsed house after a major earthquake in Kathmandu (Photo: Reuters)
People survey a site damaged by an earthquake in Kathmandu (Photo: Reuters)
