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Icequakes in Antarctica Linked to 2010 Chile Earthquake
2014-08-11 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Chile in 2010 also rattled ice in Antarctica, a new study reveals. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers, who conducted the latest study, show that distant seismic activity also affects ice in the frozen continent. The 2010 earthquake occurred about 3,000 miles away from Antarctica. At least 300 people were killed and some two million people were affected by the quake. In the current study, the researchers obtained seismic data from 42 stations...
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