Facebook is urging its members to donate to the emergency response teams responding to the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck near Kathmandu, Nepal, over the weekend — and the social network will match contributions up to $2 million.
Facebook has added a message at the top of the News Feed to encourage its members to donate funds to the International Medical Corps. Facebook's matching funds will go toward local search and rescue organizations.
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The massive earthquake has devastated Nepal and impacted neighboring populations in India and Bangladesh. The disaster has killed more than 3,617 people, according to the BBC, with the death toll rising and many still missing.
Facebook rolled out a tool over the weekend to help people in affected regions inform others on the site about their safety.
"Since then, millions of people have been marked safe and tens of millions of people were notified that someone they know has been marked safe," Facebook said in its plea for donations.
The quake was the worst to hit Nepal in 80 years.
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