Based on data from the European satellite, which flew over the zone of the earthquake on April 29, experts from UNAVCO found that the highest mountain in the world is now about 2.5 centimeters less.
Moves to the Indian tectonic plate in relation to the European It caused the earthquake, and also weakened the tension between them. Therefore, the crust a bit settled and Mount Everest decreased a little.
This raised by 90 centimeters, the entire territory around the capital of Nepal – Kathmandu. Size plate, which itself increased, it is 85 kilometers long and 29 kilometers wide.
Also according to the researchers, the Annapurna massif in central Nepal “grew” by 20 centimeters.
Before the cataclysm of Mount Everest was 8000 848 meters in height and Annapurna 8000 91 meters.
earthquake on April 25 in Nepal was the strength of 7.9 on the Richter scale. Then there were several strong aftershocks equally. The epicenter was located at a distance of approximately 80 kilometers to the North- west of Kathmandu, at a depth of 15 kilometers.
According to the latest data, the number of deaths has already exceeded 7,000 people.
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