Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say
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Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say
A group of chinstrap penguins walk on top of an iceberg floating near Lemaire Channel, Antarctica, Feb 6, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/Files)
17 Dec 2020 11:17AM
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SANTIAGO: More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the University of Chile, a spike in seismic activity that has intrigued researchers who study the remote, snowbound continent.
Scientists with the university's National Seismological Center said the small quakes - including one stronger shake of magnitude 6 - were detected in the Bransfield Strait, a 96km ocean channel between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.