Show QUAKE HEIGHTENS EVEREST S PEAK i HIMALAYA ort CHINA it oll 0 it 1 MT EVEREST 4 I 1 11 NEPAL ii BHUTAN 0 o 1 11 1 S f I 1 I 1 A S I 1 A I 1 J J I 1 RIVER BU RMA JN IS 1 K BENGAL ak N EATH TOLL already over continues to mount in indias andias province D DEATH of assam floods which followed the earthquake of august 15 the fifth most severe ever recorded fissures uko like that in a village road top are often 6 feet deep the quake made geological history according to dr D N aadla of the indian government by adding feet to mt everest bottom left this peak in the himalaya mountains already the highest point on earth rose to feet says dr wadia some geologists believe the assam earthquake which affected nearly square miles indicates that the himalayan malayan Hl chain Is gradually moving southward toward the plains of india international |