Italy sats beam first Nepal quake map

(ANSA) - Rome, May 4 - The first satellite imaging map of damage caused by a devastating April 25 earthquake in Nepal has been made available to rescue workers, the the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) said Monday.
    The data was beamed to earth by ASI's Cosmo Skymed satellites, which were activated soon after the 7.8 magnitude quake began on request from international organizations, ASI said.
    The map shows most of the structural damage occurred iun the capital of Kathmandu, followed by Budhanilkantha to the north and the nearby areas of Bidur and Sipalkavre.
    The images were generated in a joint operation by ASI and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and were analyzed by experts at NASA and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).