The Indian tectonic plate is crashing into the Eurasian plate and piling up the Himalayas. The city indicated in the pic is where the 2005 earthquake in the (Pakistan) Kashmir region killed over 86,000 people.
Geologists will inform those who wish to know that the reason for the highest mountains on earth being there are due to the highest amount of plate movement. India is crashing into Asia and causing massive movements, mostly seen upwards in mountains growing(yes, Everest is getting bigger) but also in earthquakes like this which result from slippage of those plates.
Good point.
I wonder how much it grew in this 7.9, and will everyone who climbed "the wold's tallest mountain" need to do it again to "stay on top" with the new height?
The Indian tectonic plate is crashing into the Eurasian plate and piling up the Himalayas. The city indicated in the pic is where the 2005 earthquake in the (Pakistan) Kashmir region killed over 86,000 people.