The Plates Collide

http://snowbrains.com/fight-breaks-out-on-mt-everest-100-sherpas-vs-3-europeans/

Avid Scientists Unite!

I left Saudi Arabia after a short stay and made my way to Nepal to visit the most famous mountain in the world: Mt. Everest ( 27.59°N,  86.55°E). I hired a helicopter to give me a professional tour of the amazing mountain. For those of you that don't know, Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Its part of a mountain range called the Himalayas. The Himalayas are between the Eurasian and Indian plate. Around this area are lots of mountains, some volcanoes, and some earthquakes and now we're going to find out why!

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/tectonics/tectonics-collide.html

The boundary that causes the massive mountain range is called collision. Collision boundaries are when  tectonic plates...collide...into each other and create mountain ranges, occasionally volcanoes, and of course, earthquakes. The last major quake in that area was in September of 2011 and it was a 6.9 on the scale. Earthquakes in this area range from tiny to in the 7's. Collision boundaries are no joke, people!