Seismologists discover a ‘boomerang earthquake’ that occurred under water in 2016 – ThePrint

New Delhi: For the first time, scientists have detected seismic data on a ‘boomerang earthquake’ that occurred underwater. In 2016, an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 occurred on the Atlantic seafloor, off the coast of Liberia in western Africa.
Looking at the data from the South American and African tectonic plates, scientists found that the quake first rushed northeast, then unexpectedly turned and struck the fault line again going west, returning to the spot from where it had originated. Thus th…

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