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Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors – The West Australian
Chilean scientists say they are intrigued by a spike in seismic activity in the Bransfield Strait between the Shetland Islands and Antarctic peninsula.
More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, a spike in seismic activity that has intrigued researchers who study the remote, snowbound continent.
Scientists with the University of Chile’s National Seismological Center say the small quakes – including one stronger shake of magnitude 6 – were detected in the Bransfield Strait, a 96 km wide ocean channel between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic peninsula.
Several tectonic plates and microplates meet near the…
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