【The Washington Post

April 25 at 4:00 AM】←

Magnitude-7.9

KATHMANDU, Nepal-

A powerful,

7.9-magnitude earthquake

shook Nepal's capital and

the densely populated

kathmandu Valley

before noon Saturday,

Collapsing houses,

leveling centuries-old

temples and

cutting open roads in the

worst tremor in the

Himalayan nation in

Over 80 years.