What is it about?
We locate earthquakes more accurately using a combination of methods. Recordings from seismometers around the region revealed their geographic location sand waves bounced from the sea surface revealed their depths. The final results revealed how a swarm of earthquakes occurred over the whole rift valley floor of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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Why is it important?
In future, such methods in combination may help to reveal how the rift valleys are mechanically deforming during earthquakes.
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This page is a summary of: Oceanic seismotectonics from regional earthquake recordings: The 4–5°N mid-Atlantic ridge, Tectonophysics, November 2021, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229063.
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