Map of Indian subcontinent showing locations of Kolkata, Mt. Everest, and the Indo-Gangetic Plain, in purple. Basemap credit: Wikipedia, public domain

Map of Indian subcontinent showing locations of Kolkata, Mt. Everest, and the Indo-Gangetic Plain, in purple. Basemap credit: Wikipedia, public domain

Slow moving fault pieces may limit large Himalayan quakes



By Alka Tripathy-Lang

March 23, 2020

In the Indian city of Kolkata, the columnar steeple of St. Paul’s Cathedral presides over the 173-year-old structure. Its original cuspate spire toppled in 1934 during the magnitude-8.2 Bihar-Nepal earthquake, which ruptured near Mount Everest, more than 600 kilometers away.

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