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The geodetic fingerprints of shallow thrusting in Nepal

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Date: 2015-05-20 16:21:11
Blog: Highly Allochthonous
URL: http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2015/05/the-geodetic-fingerprints-of-shallow-thrusting-in-nepal/

Summary:

NASA’s Earth Observatory put out this great image last week, which shows the ground displacement in Nepal resulting from last month’s devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake, which has claimed at least 8,500 lives. The vertical displacements have been calculated by comparing … Continue reading →

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
NepalNP28.394884.1278

Keywords:

Earth Observatory, earthquake, earthquakes, geodetic fingerprints, great image, ground displacement, magnitude, Nepal NASA, shallow thrusting, vertical displacements

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