Chinese rescue team on way to Nepal as toll exceeds 1,000

People sit with their belongings outside a damaged temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square after a major earthquake hit Kathmandu, Nepal April 25, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

18:47 Death toll rises to 449

The death toll from the powerful quake that struck Nepal has risen to 449, most of it in the Kathmandu Valley, local police said.

18:20 Five more people in China died

At least five people were confirmed to have died in Gyirong county, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region by 3: 30 pm. At least five people were confirmed to have died in Gyirong county, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region by 3: 30 pm. Altogether 11 people have died in the territory of China after the quake hitting Nepal.

People work to rescue trapped people inside a temple in Bashantapur Durbar Square after an earthquake hit, in Kathmandu, Nepal April 25, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

17: 57 Six people in China died

Six were killed by the earthquake in Tibet's Nyalam county, confirmed by the rescuing team, according to chinanews.com.

17: 41

5.9-magnitude quake hits SW China's Tibet, according to CENC.

17: 40

A TV report says that two people were killed and more than 100 injured in Bangladesh in an earthquake that originated in Nepal.

17: 34

Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs says more than 150 people have died in the capital, Kathmandu, following the earthquake.

Residents are evacuated in China's Tibet autonomous region's Shigatse.

17: 20

China launches earthquake emergency response and dispatches rescue groups to the affected regions.