In Photos: Rescue Efforts Underway in Earthquake-Hit Nepal

Nepal Army was mobilised to undertake rescue efforts in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake.

More than a 100 people have lost their lives following a deadly 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal on Friday night, 3 November.

(Photo Courtesy: Gaurav Pokharel)

More than a 100 people have lost their lives following a deadly 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal on Friday night, 3 November.

(Photo Courtesy: Gaurav Pokharel)

Nepal Police and Nepal Army personnel were mobilised to undertake rescue efforts in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake.

(Photo Courtesy: Gaurav Pokharel)

Districts in western Nepal such as Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim are said to be the worst affected. 

(Photo Courtesy: Gaurav Pokharel)

Several houses were destroyed in the earthquake whose epicentre was identified as Ramidanda in Jajarkot district by the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre.

(Photo Courtesy: Gaurav Pokharel)

Here, a doctor looks after an injured earthquake victim who was evacuated from his village and brought to a hospital in Nepalgunj, Nepal. 

(Photo: PTI)

This is the third incident of an earthquake rattling the landlocked nation in the past two months.

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Earthquakes are a regular occurrence in Nepal as it lies on a major geological faultline where the Indian tectonic plate pushes up into the Eurasian plate, forming the Himalayas, according to The Hindu.

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There were four aftershocks after Friday night's earthquake which led to several homes being destroyed. 

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