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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStrange waves rippled around Earth. Now we may know why.
On May 10, 2018, the geologic beasts of the tiny island of Mayotte began to stir. Thousands of earthquakes rattled the French island, which is sandwiched between Africa and Madagascar. Most were minor shakes, but they included a magnitude 5.8 event that struck on May 15, the largest yet recorded in the region's history.
In the midst of this seismic swarm, a strange low-frequency rumble rippled around the world, ringing sensors nearly 11,000 miles awayand baffling scientists.
Now, researchers may have at last found the source of the unexpected activity: the birth of a submarine volcano some 31 miles off Mayotte's eastern shore. Sitting about two miles underwater, the baby volcano stretches nearly half a mile high and extends up to three miles across.
The observations came after French scientists launched a multi-pronged mission to get a better grip on the origin of the ongoing seismic swarm. Coordinated by France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the work includes surveys from the ship Marion Dufresne co-led by Nathalie Feuillet from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and Stephan Jorry of the French research institute IFREMER.
The data are still preliminary, and many questions remain unanswered as the scientists work to analyze their findings and publish the research in a peer-reviewed journal. In the meantime, the team has issued a joint press release announcing the new volcano and its probable link to the odd throng of earthquakes.
In light of this discovery, the government is fully mobilized to pursue and deepen our understanding of this exceptional phenomenon and take necessary measures to categorize and prevent any risks it represents, the agencies say in the release.
Stephen Hicks, a seismologist at Imperial College who previously analyzed Mayotte's strange seismic happenings, adds that the announcement offers some much needed clarity for the island's inhabitants, who have been thoroughly shaken after months of unexplained tremors.
On May 10, 2018, the geologic beasts of the tiny island of Mayotte began to stir. Thousands of earthquakes rattled the French island, which is sandwiched between Africa and Madagascar. Most were minor shakes, but they included a magnitude 5.8 event that struck on May 15, the largest yet recorded in the region's history.
In the midst of this seismic swarm, a strange low-frequency rumble rippled around the world, ringing sensors nearly 11,000 miles awayand baffling scientists.
Now, researchers may have at last found the source of the unexpected activity: the birth of a submarine volcano some 31 miles off Mayotte's eastern shore. Sitting about two miles underwater, the baby volcano stretches nearly half a mile high and extends up to three miles across.
The observations came after French scientists launched a multi-pronged mission to get a better grip on the origin of the ongoing seismic swarm. Coordinated by France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the work includes surveys from the ship Marion Dufresne co-led by Nathalie Feuillet from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and Stephan Jorry of the French research institute IFREMER.
The data are still preliminary, and many questions remain unanswered as the scientists work to analyze their findings and publish the research in a peer-reviewed journal. In the meantime, the team has issued a joint press release announcing the new volcano and its probable link to the odd throng of earthquakes.
In light of this discovery, the government is fully mobilized to pursue and deepen our understanding of this exceptional phenomenon and take necessary measures to categorize and prevent any risks it represents, the agencies say in the release.
Stephen Hicks, a seismologist at Imperial College who previously analyzed Mayotte's strange seismic happenings, adds that the announcement offers some much needed clarity for the island's inhabitants, who have been thoroughly shaken after months of unexplained tremors.
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Strange waves rippled around Earth. Now we may know why. (Original Post)
mfcorey1
May 2019
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lunatica
(53,410 posts)1. It's interesting that one volcano caused this
There are quite a few active volcanos scattered all over the world. I thought there were a few new ones being created too.
(By the way the first seven paragraphs are repeated so you might want to delete the last seven paragraphs.)
tblue37
(65,340 posts)2. Baby picture of the newborn volcano:
Link to tweet
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eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)3. Sacre bleu ! Un sonogram ! nt
meadowlander
(4,395 posts)4. Awww... it has France's chin.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)5. Kudos to the French.
They are world class when it comes to science.
Raster
(20,998 posts)7. that's because they actually believe in science...
...and actively support science in schools.
Raster
(20,998 posts)6. Kaiju cometh.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)8. Very impressive work; the image is amazing.
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