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The world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest, moved 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) to the southwest because of the Nepal earthquake that devastated the country in April, Chinese state media reported Tuesday, June 16. The 7.8-magnitude quake reversed the gradual northeasterly course of the mountain, according to a report in the state-run China Daily, citing the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation. Before the quake, Everest had moved 40 cm to the northeast over the past decade at a speed of 4 cm a year, the report said. The mountain also rose 3 cm over the same time period.
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