April's Himalayan Quake Caused Thousands Of Landslides
David Breashears/GlacierWorks Langtang Valley A devastating landslide caused by an earthquake wiped out an entire village in Nepal's Langtang Valley. The huge earthquake that struck Nepal in April devastated the capital city of Kathmandu, and many villages in the countryside. Ice avalanches on Everest and landslides in other areas of Nepal caused even more damage than the initial shaking, wiping out entire villages. But because much of the country's communication and transportation infrastructure was damaged in the quake, it's been hard to get a full picture of the damage. Now, researchers are getting a better idea of what happened. In two studies published in Science today and announced at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, researchers examined the aftermath of this latest massive earthquake,...