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\nBased on data from the Sentinel-1A satellite, this image shows how and where the land uplifted and sank from the 7.8-magnitute earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April 2015.\n<\/p>\n
\nNear the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, blue shows areas of uplift of up to 0.8 m towards the satellite (called \u2018line of sight\u2019) which could be caused by a vertical uplift of 1 m. The yellow area depicts areas of subsidence, a movement that often occurs as a counter movement to the uplift in subduction zones (where one plate dips below the other) during earthquakes. Additionally, a horizontal north\u2013south shift of up to 2 m was detected.\n<\/p>\n
\nThis image was generated using data acquired by Sentinel-1A before and after the earthquake event.\n<\/p>\n
\nThis image was originally released by the DLR German Aerospace Center.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nRead more about mapping the Nepal quake with satellites.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \t\t\t\t\t \nBased on data from the Sentinel-1A satellite, this image shows how and where the land uplifted and sank from the 7.8-magnitute earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April 2015.\n<\/p>\n \nNear the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, blue shows areas of uplift of up to 0.8 m towards the satellite (called \u2018line of sight\u2019) which could be caused by a vertical uplift of 1 m. The yellow area depicts areas of subsidence, a movement that often occurs as a counter movement to the uplift in subduction zones (where one plate dips below the other) during earthquakes. Additionally, a horizontal north\u2013south shift of up to 2 m was detected.\n<\/p>\n \nThis image was generated using data acquired by Sentinel-1A before and after the earthquake event.\n<\/p>\n \nThis image was originally released by the DLR German Aerospace Center.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n