Catastrophic medieval earthquakes in Nepal

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 21:02 in Earth & Climate

Three quakes, in 1100, 1255 and 1344, with magnitudes of around Mw 8 triggered large-scale collapses, mass wasting and initiated the redistribution of material by catastrophic debris flows on the mountain range.

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