1: While casualty accounts following the magnitude-7.8 quake Saturday are still difficult to confirm -- hardly surprising considering that communication lines have been severely disrupted -- estimates we are hearing from the ground are already placing the number lost in the thousands , with the official toll now at around 1,500 expected to keep growing as the hours and days pass . 2: The fact that the epicenter of this quake was so close to the capital of Kathmandu , where the majority of Nepal 's citizens reside , makes the situation even more dire . 3: A magnitude-7 .8 earthquake struck near Kathmandu , Nepal .
1: the magnitude-7.8 quake 2: this quake 3: A magnitude-7 .8 earthquake