Most of the deaths were reported in the city of Ahmedabad, in the northwestern state of Gujarat, and the small desert town of Bhuj, near the earthquake's epicentre. The earthquake, measuring between 6.9 and 7.9 on the Richter scale, caused widespread destruction in Gujarat and parts of neighbouring Pakistan, where at least eight people died.
Seismologists warn that further tremors are likely.
Click here to send us your experience of the earthquake Latest figures put the confirmed death toll in Gujarat province at 2063. Floodlights were set up as night fell to help rescuers using crowbars and their bare hands to search through the rubble of hundreds of collapsed buildings. It shook buildings as far away as Delhi, Bombay, Nepal and Bangladesh. The military ruler of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, offered India his condolences. The Indian Government has sent two army battalions to Gujarat to help in the rescue effort, and is supplying thousands of tonnes of grain, tents and medical teams.