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NBC News
By Jennifer Jett
The impact of the glacial collapse that set off deadly flooding was so big that it was initially recorded as an earthquake.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude-4.4 earthquake early yesterday about 40 miles north of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The agency later updated its analysis to say that it was not an earthquake but a magnitude-5.2 “seismic event” caused by the glacial collapse.
“Additional analysis of nearby seismic stations, long period seismic waves, and satellite imagery led to the determination that the seismic event was instead a glacial collapse and debris flow, and that no earthquake had occurred,” the agency said. More Here
