Trócaire and CAFOD reached 300,000 people with vital aid such as food, blankets, tarpaulins, cooking utensils, beds, solar lamps and gas stoves.

"They had just started to feel safe going back indoors at night when quake hit on Tuesday."

Bishop Paul Simick saw houses “falling like a pack of cards” and people “running in all directions to save their lives”.

Emergency appeal launched: Trócaire requests public's support to help it deliver aid to those in dire need in following massive earthquake.