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.
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.
Once upon a time the Appalachian mountains were bigger than the Himalaya are now. They were created the same way, when two continente smashed into each other. The Alps are still growing sa the African plate is driving Italy (which is on the African plate) like a nail into Europe. A way to think of it is when you push your foot into a throw rug, and the rug pops up away from you.
But they weren't from New Jersey, so they're just a statistic. Marisa Eve Girawong was an individual!