Nepal earthquake: Death toll rises above 3,600 and More than 6,500 people have been injured

    An earthquake with magnitude 4.6 occurred near KATHMANDU, Nepal at 22:32:34.00 UTC on Apr 26, 2015. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

 At least 3,617 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on Saturday, police say....Photos and more details after the cut

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More than 6,500 people have been injured, according to the National Emergency Operation Centre.
Dozens of people are also reported to have been killed in neighbouring China and India.

More than 200 climbers have been rescued around Mount Everest, which was struck by deadly avalanches in the 7.8-magnitude quake.

Vast tent cities have sprung up in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, for those displaced or afraid to return to their homes as strong aftershocks continued. Thousands spent Sunday night - their second night - outside.

Officials have warned that the number of casualties could rise as rescue teams reach remote mountainous areas of western Nepal.
Initial reports suggest that many communities, especially those close to mountainsides, suffered significant quake damage.
"Villages like this are routinely affected by landslides, and it's not uncommon for entire villages of 200, 300, up to 1,000 people to be completely buried by rock falls," Matt Darvas, spokesman for aid agency World Vision said.

A man evacuated by helicopter to Pokhara, 200km from Kathmandu, said almost every home in his village of more than 1,000 houses had been destroyed, Mr Darvas told the BBC.

Local people have been using basic tools to dig through rubble in badly hit towns like Bhaktapur

Cremations of the dead took place across Nepal on Sunday

A team of Indian rescue personnel look for survivors in a Kathmandu building - such searches are still continuing but winding down

Nepal's ruined monuments

The quake destroyed several major monuments

• 19th Century 200-step Dharahara tower in Kathmandu reduced to stump
• Durbar, or noble court, square in Old City badly damaged
• In Bhaktapur, country's best preserved ancient city, 16th Century Vatsala Durga and many other buildings destroyed
• Several buildings in Patan's 3rd Century Durbar square razed
• Destruction "culturally speaking an incalculable loss" - Nepali Times editor Kunda Dixit

Nepal's architectural jewels destroyed

There are 14 international medical teams on the way to Nepal, the UN says, and up to 15 international search-and-rescue have been sent.
The UN children's agency says nearly one million children in Nepal urgently need humanitarian assistance as they were particularly vulnerable.
The country is running out of water and food, and there are frequent power cuts, the UN says.
Heavy rain earlier on Saturday further worsened conditions with UN officials expressing concern that thunderstorms that could harm people staying outdoors and lead to a shortage of vaccines against disease including diarrhoea and measles.

Dead or missing foreigners

Australia: 549 Australians registered as travelling in Nepal, 200 confirmed safe
Bangladesh: 50 nationals, including members of the country's under-14 girls' football team, evacuated. No information on exact number of nationals in Nepal
China: Four nationals dead in Kathmandu, Xinhua news agency reports
Colombia: Seven nationals missing
France: French authorities have located 1,098 nationals, but another 674 are still not in touch
India: Five killed in Nepal
UK: Several hundred Britons believed to be in Nepal. No reports of deaths or injuries
US: Three Americans killed
Victims from other countries include a dead Estonian national and a Japanese man killed