A new GPS measurement appears to show Jade Mountain shrank slightly after April's magnitude 7.2 earthquake. But geologists say this is unlikely.
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00:00Taiwan's Land Surveying Center says April's 7.2 magnitude earthquake may have shrunk the country's highest peak.
00:07GPS measurements in May show the summit of Jade Mountain 5.2 centimeters lower than in November.
00:13But there's two problems with the finding. One is that five centimeters is within a reasonable range of measurement error.
00:20Another is that geologists say earthquakes are more likely to make the mountain taller, not shorter.
00:25Taiwan's National Surveying Center plans to verify the result with a different method of measurement in the near future.
00:31Whatever they find, Jade Mountain will remain the highest peak east of the Himalayas at just under 4,000 meters.
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