Subsiding doorway in Kathmandu
January 2005 in the backstreets of Patan near Kathmandu, Nepal. The constant movement of the Asian tectonic plates makes this an earthquake zone and if that doesn t bring a building down then the soft alluvial soil and poor foundations promote subsidence. This is a particularly severe example
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Location: Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal
Photo credit: © Nepal Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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