Himalayan earthquake

Nepalese children and other people stand near the debris of collapsed buildings damaged by an earthquake that shook northeastern India on Sunday night, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. The 6.9-magnitude quake shook the Himalayan region straddling India, Nepal and China.

A Nepalese resident clears debris from his home following an earthquake at Bhaktapur, some 12 kilometers southeast of Kathmandu, on Sept. 19, 2011.

Nepalese man removes debris of collapsed buildings damaged by an earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

Nepalese people take out a motorbike buried under the debris of a house damaged by Sunday's earthquake in Bhaktapur about 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

Nepalese locals along with policemen stand at the damaged site after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 shook northeastern India on Sunday night, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

A man looks out a crack of a house damaged by an earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

Nepalese woman with her daughter looks out of a window at debris of collapsed buildings damaged by an earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

A Nepalese woman removes bricks of the damaged house to make way for pedestrians after Sunday's earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

A Buddhist monk looks at the rubble where his home stood at Enchey Monastery in Gangtok on September 19, 2011 after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the region. .

Nepalese women remove bricks of the damaged house to make way for pedestrians after an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 shook northeastern India on Sunday night, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

Nepalese locals along with policemen stand near collapsed buildings damaged by Sunday

People walk past a crack on the road in Gangtok on Sept. 19, 2011 after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the region. Rescue teams battled landslides and torrential monsoon rains after a powerful earthquake rocked a vast and remote Himalayan region.

Nepalese woman looks out of a window at debris of collapsed buildings damaged by Sunday's earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

Nepalese police look for victims in a house collapsed after Sunday's earthquake in Bhaktapur about 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

Nepalese people try to take out a motorbike buried under the debris of a house damaged by Sunday's earthquake in Bhaktapur about 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

Nepalese people take out a motorbike buried under the debris of a house damaged by Sunday's earthquake in Bhaktapur about 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.

A view of a damaged house after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011.