Mount Everest moved after Nepal earthquake

The highest mountain in the world Everest moved 3 cm to the southwest after the Nepal earthquake in April.

After the earthquake Nepalese Everest moved to the southwest

China Daily quoted the report of the General Department of Surveying and Mapping China, saying that the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal reversed the progress toward the northeast of Everest .

Mount Everest reverses the transition after the Nepal earthquake.(Photo: Reuters)

Before the earthquake, Everest moved 40 cm to the northeast during the past decade, at a rate of 4 cm a year. The mountain is also 3 cm tall each year.

However, satellite images of the European Aeronautics Agency on April 29 showed that the mountain peak had dropped by about 2.4 cm after the earthquake .

The earthquake on April 25 in Nepal has killed more than 8,700 people, caused landslides and destroyed more than 1.5 million homes, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.