NASA’s InSight recorded a marsquake 5 times more powerful than previous record.
A Marsquake detected by NASA’s InSight lander in May this year was at least five times larger than the next largest seismic event recorded on the planet.
The quake occurred on May 4 and registered at a magnitude of 4.7 — five times more powerful than the InSight lander ‘s previous largest quake on Mars back in August 2021, which was recorded at a magnitude around 4.2.
Another indication of the scale of the event is that InSight continued detecting waves from the record-breaking quake for around 10 hours, while the after-effects of all previous Marsquakes had subsided within an hour.
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“The energy released by this single marsquake is equivalent to the cumulative energy from all other Marsquakes we’ve seen so far,” John Clinton, a seismologist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich and co-author of the study, said in a statement from the American Geophysical Union, which published the research.
Foreign NASA's Insight recorded a Mars Quake Five times more powerful than previous Record a Mars Quake detected by NASA's Insight Lander in May this year was at Least five times larger than the next Largest seismic event recorded on the Planet the Quake occurred on May 4th and Registered at a magnitude of 4.7 five Times more powerful than the Insight Lander s previous largest Quake on Mars Back in August 2021 which was recorded At a magnitude around 4.2 another Indication of the scale of the event is That Insight continued detecting waves From the record-breaking Quake for Around 10 hours while the after effects Of all previous marsquakes had subsided Within an hour to stay up to date with Latest top stories make sure to Subscribe to this YouTube channel by Clicking the button above this video the Energy released by this single Mars Quake is equivalent to the cumulative Energy from all other marsquakes we've Seen so far John Clinton a seismologist At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and co-author of The study said in a statement from the Amer American geophysical Union which Published the research although the Event was over 2000 kilometers 1 200 Miles distant the waves recorded at Insight were so large they almost
Saturated our seismometer Insight Launched in May 2018 and landed on Mars In late November that year since then it Has been using its seismometer to detect Activity on the red planet which is Seismically much more Placid than Earth Recording marsquakes is providing new Information about Mars with the Movements of waves through the planet Revealing new insights into its crust Mantle and core dot for the first time We were able to identify surface waves Moving along the crust and upper mantle That have traveled around the planet Multiple times Clinton said the seismic Event in May was also unusual because Its epicenter wasn't near known nodes of Activity it also displayed Characteristics of both types of Marsquakes so far discerned high Frequency waves with rapid but shorter Vibrations and low frequency waves with Larger amplitude the Mars Quake occur Third on Seoul 1222 of insights Mission A soul is one day on Mars and lasts About 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth NASA has said that Insight only Has weeks left to live before it ceases Functioning due to a buildup of dust on Its energy generating solar arrays the Latter has however already far outlived Its primary Mission lifetime of two Earth years
