27 April 2015

Two tectonic plates meet beneath the Himalayas along a fault line. The India plate is moving north at around 45mm a year and pushing under the Eurasian plate. Over time that is how the Himalayas were created.
Read more at http://www.geologyin.com/2015/04/what-caused-nepal-earthquake.html#Gg0TbS3qtZ8Gw8Pd.99
 

 

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