People try to free a man from the rubble of a destroyed building after an earthquake hit Kathmandu in Nepal Photo:
Nepal hit by 7.9 magnitude earthquake with reports of collapsed buildings in Kathmandu and strong tremors felt across the Himalayan nation and parts of India - follow latest updates
Around a dozen bodies have been taken away from the ruins of the Dharhara tower in the centre of the capital,
The Dharara Tower, built in 1832, was a historic landmark that had been open to visitors for the last 10 years and had a viewing balcony on its eighth floor.
One body was removed from the tower and a second lay further up the road, the witness said. It was not immediately clear how many people were in the multi-storey tower when it collapsed.
Kathmandu's landmark Dharahara tower collapses after quake
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15-year-old girl has been killed in northern India after the earthquake brought down the wall of her home in a village near the border wnitially measured at 7.5 magnitude, the quake has been adjusted to 7.9, with a depth of 15 kilometres, the USGS said. It hit 68 kilometres east of the tourist town of Pokhara.ith Nepal.
Dozens of people with injuries were being brought to the main hospital in central Kathmandu. There was no immediate estimate on fatalities.
Several buildings collapsed in the center of the capital, including centuries-old temples,
People take refuge at a school after the earthquake struck
