British rescuers have pulled a seventh survivor from the rubble of the Indian earthquake five days after the disaster which it is feared could claim 100,000 lives.

The death toll from the Indian earthquake is now said to be approaching 30,000 - and the final total could be much higher.

Tremors lasting up to 30 seconds continued to shake India today, but no new damage was reported beyond minor cracks in buildings.

British rescue workers believe they can find more survivors of the Indian earthquake which has already claimed more than 6,000 lives.

The Indian earthquake disaster could have killed up to 30,000 people in just one city and there are about 125,000 people unaccounted for throughout the region, officials said tonight.

Soldiers digging through the ruins of crushed buildings today pursued the faint voices of survivors of India’s devastating earthquake, bolstered by the rescue of three people from the rubble 36 hours after the disaster.

Up to 10,000 people may have died from the earthquake in India, according to officials.

At least 1,000 people have been killed in the most powerful earthquake to strike the Indian subcontinent in more than half a century.

The death toll following an earthquake on the Indian subcontinent has risen to 653 and may rise to 1,000.

At least 500 people have been killed after a severe earthquake rocked the entire Indian subcontinent.