That number is expected to rise throughout the day as rescuers reach more remote villages where the full extent of the destruction is unknown.
Just days before Saturday's devastating earthquake, a team of experts had warned of a "serious and growing earthquake risk" in Nepal.
“Within minutes, the shops and old buildings started falling like a pack of cards."
Rolling aftershocks and rain continue to pummel Nepal after Saturday's 7.8-magnitude quake. More than 2,500 people are dead.
As international aid workers frantically dig for survivors in Nepal, monsoon season has begun to take effect and douse Kathmandu with torrential rain.
The earthquake is the worst disaster to hit the nation in at least 80 years.
Neighboring nations and the U.S. have dispatched aid to the country because of the earthquake that triggered the worst-ever disaster on the slopes of Mount Everest.
As the official death toll from the earthquake nears 2,000, aftershocks measuring magnitude 6.8 struck the country Sunday.
The Google service already has more than 600 records of individuals either looking for loved ones or reporting they are safe.
The powerful earthquake striking Nepal Saturday was felt not only in Bangladesh and India but also in Pakistan and Tibet.
Hundreds of people may be trapped beneath a collapsed building, one horrific result of the powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Kathmandu on Saturday.
Federal scientists have identified 17 areas across eight states that have seen a substantial rise in man-made earthquakes since 2000.
The state confirmed what scientists have said for years: The disposal of oil and gas wastewater is largely to blame.
The quake in central Mexico registered a 5.4 magnitude on the Richter scale.
Eleven small earthquakes rattled Connecticut in one week, and that has scientists scratching their heads.
The tsunami of 10 years ago left Banda Aceh, Indonesia, destroyed beyond belief. Today, it looks very different.
10 years later, countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami have rebuilt their cities and left memorials.
The quake shook Fukushima where crippled nuclear power plants are located, but local media say there was no tsunami warning.
An official said the quake destroyed five houses in Hakuba village, host to ski jumping and other events in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games.
No casualties have been reported, after waves generated by the earthquake hit an Indonesian island, without causing major damage.
Although the quakes are intensifying, it doesn't mean The Big One is on the way.
The United States Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 100 miles north-northwest of Yunjinghong.