Check if your friends are 'safe' in Nepal Earthquake on Facebook and Google

Social media has probably become the fastest way to communicate even during the time of emergencies. On the same lines, Facebook has introduced Nepal earthquake safety check page to check if your friends / loved ones are safe if they are living or present in the affected areas.

It may be unlikely that Internet or communication services would be fully functional in badly affected places but just in case if you come to know that your friend (on facebook) is safe, then you can visit Facebook’s Safety Check page and type his / her name in the search area and click on “safe” button or if you are in the affected region and reading this you can access the page then you can click on “yes, let my friends know” so that your friends on facebook will be notified that you are in the affected area and are safe.

Please note that this feature is only for facebook uesrs. This should not be considered as full-proof confirmation as situations are constantly changing. for more you can contact emergency services as follows:-

Indian Embassy in Kathmandu Helplines numbers: +(977) 9851107021, 9851135141
Control Room numbers New Delhi: +91 11 2301 2113, +91 11 2301 4104, +91 11 2301 7905
Email: controlroom@mea.gov.in

Google too has not left behind in extending its help for finding missing people in the devastrating Nepal Earthquake. You can track the person by visiting Google person finder and selecting the option "i'm looking for someone" by entering his / name and you can also help others by giving information by clicking on "I have information about someone."

The US Geological Survey reported that an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 occurred approximately 35 kilometres east of Lamjung, in Nepal. Tremors were felt across the Himalayan region around Nepal, Tibet, and northern states of Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Bihar, West Bengal and northeastern states.