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Marsquakes: NASA’s InSight lander detects two sizable tremors – Digital Trends

NASA’s InSight Mars lander recently detected a couple of sizable “marsquakes” caused not by tectonic plates but by volcanic activity.

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NASAs InSight lander has detected a couple of sizable quakes on Mars, with magnitude 3.3 and 3.1 tremors last month offering further evidence that the location, Cerberus Fossae, is prone to seismic activity.
InSight has been on the Martian surface since 2018, and early on in its mission detected two other significant so-called marsquakes in the same area, with magnitudes of 3.6 and 3.5.
Our @NASAInSight is picking up good vibrations. Two marsquakes were detected in an area called Cerberus Fossae,…

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