Mountaineers had suggested a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 which killed nearly 9,000 people in Nepal may have altered the height of Everest.

Nepal , which is home to another seven of the world’s 14 highest peaks, sent its first team of surveyors in May last year to measure Everest.…

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