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Why massive earthquakes menace the Himalayas

Area hit by a deadly quake in 2015 is at risk of even greater disaster.
People salvage wood from house destroyed by the Gorkha earthquake, Nepal.

A large earthquake in 2015 saw more than 600,000 structures damaged or destroyed in central Nepal — and the region is at a risk of an even more powerful quake. Credit: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Devastating earthquakes have struck the Himalayan region in recent decades, and an analysis of quake dynamics explains why more ‘big ones’ are probably on the way.

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Nature 565, 269 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00031-1

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