article_snippet.sent: Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN)Rescue crews and residents in Nepal early Sunday began the desperate search for survivors after a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu a day earlier flattened homes, buildings and temples, causing widespread damage across the region and killing more than 1,800 people.
article_snippet.sent: But if you look at the spread of a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu a lot of the rural areas have been hit as well.
article_snippet.sent: " a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu was the strongest in the region in more than 80 years.
article_snippet.sent: Residents are used to earthquakes in Nepal, and many thought the start of a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu was a tremor, until the earth kept shaking and
article_snippet.sent: An estimated 4.6 million people in the region were exposed to tremors from a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of KathmanduNepal , the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said via Twitter.
article_snippet.sent: Thirty out of 75 Nepal districts were affected by a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu.
article_snippet.sent: a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu struck at 11:56 a.m.
article_snippet.sent: This was just one of several historical temple complexes severely affected by a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu.
article_snippet.sent: The force of a magnitude-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu was said by people who contacted the USGS to be from "severe" to "violent," nearly the highest rating on the intensity scale.