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A 7·8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal at 11:56 am local time on Saturday, April 25. The epicentre was 77 km northwest of Kathmandu. Besides the hardest hit central Nepal, the adjoining areas of India, Tibet, and Bangladesh were affected and avalanches trig gered on Mount Everest.1 Kathmandu’s centuries old temples suffered extensive damage. Poorly constructed buildings collapsed and many villages in remote mountains were destroyed causing casualties and leaving a large population homeless.