MT.EVEREST MOVES 3 CMS

Mt Everest has moved three cms during the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal but contrary to earlier reports the height of world’s tallest mountain has not been affected.Mt Qomolangma, the Tibetan/Chinese name for Mt Everest, has moved 40 cms to the northeast over the past 10 years, including three cms during the April 25 and May 12 quakes.Observers with the department, which has monitoring equipment on the mountain, found that Mt Everest shifted three cms after the devastating earthquake, while the height of the world’s tallest mountain at 8,848 metre was left unaffected. The devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 and another measuring 7.3 on May 12, claimed over 9,000 lives and injured another 21,000 people.