In the days after the devastating Nepal earthquake in April, geologists debated whether or not the Earth’s violent shaking had changed the height of Mount Everest. Some initial reports suggested the world’s tallest mountain might have grown, or shrunk, by several feet, although those numbers were quickly revised down to a mere inches.

On Monday, Chinese scientists announced that the magnitude-7.8 quake shifted Everest about 1.2 inches (3 centimeters) southwest but did not change the height of the 29,029-foot (8,848-meter) mountain.

Scientists in the United States, Europe, and China have been studying the question since the quake and a consensus seems to be emerging that the mountain’s height was largely unaffected. Beyond updating almanacs, the goal of the research