Mum's relief as daughter survives quake

Albany woman Heather Jury breathed a sigh of relief when she got the news she had been waiting for on Sunday night.

Her daughter Karen Jury, who was among the Australians feared missing after an earthquake devastated Nepal on the weekend, messaged her mother on Facebook to let her know she was alive.

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal on Saturday and the death toll has reached the thousands with many still unaccounted for.

Heather said she had not heard from Karen, a health worker in Busselton, since last Thursday and had been “beside herself” waiting for news.

Karen was listed on a website managed by the Red Cross International Committee as missing by her father Ian on April 26.

The 44-year-old had been volunteering in the country since September with disabled children and women.

“She Facebooked us directly to say that she is safe,” Heather said.

“I got this little message and I couldn’t access it and about a minute or two later another message came through.

“We are very relieved.”

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Karen had been river rafting in an area called Chitwan about six hours from Kathmandu when the earthquake struck.

With no telephone coverage, Heather said Karen had not heard news of the earthquake until Sunday when she logged onto the internet.