Continuing its work on Mars, NASA is collecting new data every day. Controlling Mars from the ground with instruments such as Perseverance and Curiosty, NASA also flies with Ingenuity and brings together various data. Another spacecraft, called Insight, has targeted tremors. Insight, which detected the largest earthquake to date with a magnitude of 4.2 in August, also recorded the shaking that lasted for 94 minutes. On May 4, the largest earthquake ever occurred on Mars.
Biggest earthquake ever detected on another planet!
It was stated that the magnitude of the earthquake, which was described as the largest earthquake detected on another planet, was 5.0. With further examination of the natural phenomenon that NASA describes as a “monster earthquake”, scientists hope to determine the epicenter and source of the earthquake.
Researchers can find out more about the red planet by examining such natural phenomena. wants. NASA announced this great earthquake with the title “We felt it” in its May 10 post. Insight’s post includes the following statements:
After more than three years of listening to the soft jolts of Mars, I felt my biggest ‘marsquake’ ever: it looks like a magnitude 5. My team is reviewing the data to learn more. Science rewards patience!
Mars, unlike Earth, does not have tectonic plates. For this reason, tremors occur as a result of volcanic activities, not tectonic events. Researchers plan to better understand the mantle and core layer of the red planet by studying the tremors that occur because of this. Monitoring Mars for more than three years, InSight has detected more than 1,313 earthquakes.
So what do you think about the Mars earthquake? You can share your views with us in the comments section or on the SDN Forum.
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