An earthquake in Nepal should never truly be a surprise, given the country's position astride the fault line that birthed the Himalayas, but the moment when the world starts to shake is a shock nonetheless.
From our home on the third floor of a modern apartment building in southern Kathmandu a quick exit was never an option, so when my partner and I felt the rumbling begin we followed the plan we had agreed to on arrival in Nepal some nine months earlier, and dived under a table. From this dubious vantage point we sat out the next minute or so of violent shakes, massive swaying, and occasional crashes as all manner of objects around the flat were flung to the floor.
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AFP photographer Roberto Schmidt, who was at the base camp on Everest when the quake struck, has sent back his first dramatic pictures:
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