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Taking Stock of Landslides after the Gorkha Earthquake

Scientists from around the world banded together to analyze landslides in the wake of a potent temblor. They found fewer scars on the landscape than past events would have predicted.


NASA Earth Observatory maps by Joshua Stevens. Caption by Kasha Patel (GSFC) and Alan Buis (JPL).

Published December 17, 2015
Data acquired April 25, 2015

Source:
Landsat 8