UPDATE 8.15am: Bendigo woman Kayla Bennett is safe and well, the ABC has reported this morning.
EARLIER: A BENDIGO woman and four members of a Daylesford family are missing after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal.
The five are among 350 Australians listed as unaccounted for after the deadly earthquake devastated the country early on Saturday, killing more than 1800 people and cutting off communications.
Bendigo’s Kayla Bennett, 23, has been registered on the Red Cross Nepal Earthquake Restoring Family Links website as missing in Namche, Tengboche.
Her Cobram-based parents Michael and Jo-Ann Bennett last heard from their daughter on Saturday.
The Comber family from Daylesford has also been listed on the Restoring Family Links website as missing in the Tsum Valley area near the Nepal-Tibet border.
Francis and Jen Comber are travelling with their two young daughters Rani, 7, and Neve, 8.
Mr Comber’s mother Dianne Comber said they were waiting on any news of the family.
“They were trekking in the Tsum Valley, in the earthquake area,” she said.
“No one’s heard anything from them yet.”
The family has been travelling through Asia since June last year.
Daylesford teenager Liam Oliver, 18, and his aunt Dianne Coburn were reported missing but the ABC reported late on Sunday they had contacted family and were safe.
The pair were travelling in the Annapurna Valley when the quake hit.
Liam Oliver posted a photo of himself and Ms Coburn on his Facebook page on April 20.
The teen lived in Daylesford and attended Daylesford Secondary College.
He lists Hepburn Springs cafe Moor Please as his employer.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed 549 Australians are registered as travelling in Nepal.
The Australian embassy has confirmed the safety of more than 200 so far.
Foreign minister Julie Bishop said there were no reports of Australian deaths.
Ms Bishop said damage to infrastructure had made communication difficult but urged families to try to contact their loved ones directly.
Aid agencies including Oxfam are already sending teams to Nepal to help in the aftermath of the country’s deadliest earthquake in more than 80 years.
Oxfam Australia chief executive Helen Szoke says a group of disaster specialists from the UK is flying in with supplies.
“People are gathered in their thousands in open spaces and are scared, as there were several aftershocks,” Dr Szoke said in a statement.
“Oxfam staff in Nepal, along with thousands of others, are sleeping outside tonight in football fields and other open spaces because they are the safest place to be.”