Following a severe earthquake in the Tibetan highlands around Mount Everest at the beginning of the year, authorities have reopened the area around the world's highest mountain to the public.

The resulting uplift of the Asian plate, plus the accumulation of material scraped off the Indian plate, is what created the Himalaya, including Mount Everest. This continental collision continues ...

Five years ago on 25 April, a devastating earthquake hit Nepal, which shook the whole country. More than 8,000 people were killed, and hundreds of thousands lost their homes. BBC journalist Aamir ...

Nothing can stand in the face of nature’s fury and Mount Everest is no exception. Soon after the deadly earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday and took more than two thousands life ...

Mount Everest got a smidge taller Tuesday when ... Some had worried that the mountain actually shrank after a 2015 earthquake. Both countries sent surveyors, Nepal in 2019 and China in 2020 ...

Eyewitness accounts, incredible home-video and the latest scientific revelations tell the gripping tragedy of an earthquake that unleashed terror on Nepal and the ...

The death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday and passes 3200, with more than 6000 people injured. The avalanche that struck Everest base camp is said ...

Last year 421 Mount Everest climbing permits were issued ... after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake made the route too risky.

The two mountains are said to be taller than Mount Everest, which is 620 miles (1,000 kilometres ... The two mountains are called Large Low Seismic Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs), which were discovered ...

The earthquake triggered an avalanche on the slopes of Mount Everest, killing at least 17 people and injuring 61 others. In 2013, Fredinburg gained publicity for another reason - dating "One ...