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Kathmandu is estimated to have moved 3 meters to the south, because of Nepal tremor

Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 09:33 UTC
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The tremor which struck Nepal on Saturday, April 25, killing more than 5,500 people so far, may have caused a land area around the capital Kathmandu to budge by several meters, experts say. The estimate is about 3 meters southward, according to initial analysis of seismological data obtained from sound waves which travel through Earth after an earthquake, said University of Cambridge tectonics expert James Jackson. Read full article

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