Major earthquake kills in Nepal, causes deadly avalanche on Everest

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, causing at least 800 deaths (so far) as well as more deaths in neighbouring countries. Mt Everest, in nearby Tibet, was also shaken, leading to at least one avalanche that turned deadly.

The scale of damage is immense, leading officials in Nepal to call for international assistance. This is a poor country and officials here recognize that there is international expertise with far more experience in disasters of this kind. The immediate request was for technical help, but there is no doubt there will be a need for medical, water, and food assistance very quickly.

This story is sure to develop over the next hours or days, so at this point we are simply posting some of the photographs available from multiple online sources.

DIPTENDU DUTTA via Getty Images Indian bystanders look at a collapsed house following an earthquake, in Siliguri on April 25, 2015. (DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)

PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images Nepalese people walk past collapsed buildings at Lalitpur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 25, 2015. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images Nepalese rescue members and onlookers gather at the collapsed Dharahara Tower in Kathmandu on April 25, 2015. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

ASSOCIATED PRESS An injured person receives treatment outside the Medicare Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)

ASSOCIATED PRESS Rescuers clear the debris at Durbar Sqaure after an earthquake in Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)

DIPTENDU DUTTA via Getty Images Indian police and bystanders look at a collapsed house following an earthquake, in Siliguri on April 25, 2015. (DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)

PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images Nepalese health workers carry injured people into an open area following an earthquake, at Lalitpur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 25, 2015. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

ASSOCIATED PRESS Volunteers help with rescue work at the site of a building that collapsed after an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)

PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images Nepalese people wheel an injured man into an open area following an earthquake, at Lalitpur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 25, 2015. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

Omar Havana via Getty Images Emergency rescue workers clear debris in Basantapur Durbar Square while searching for survivors on April 25, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Omar Havana via Getty Images Emergency rescue workers carry a victim on a stretcher after Dharara tower collapsed on April 25, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Omar Havana via Getty Images A Kathmandu resident passes in front of a collapsed temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on April 25, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)

Historic landmarks were wrecked in the earthquake

Kathmandu's landmark Dharahara tower before and after the earthquake

There has also been damage, and casualties, in India

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