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Boomerang earthquake
August 24 , 2020
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- Now, an international team of researchers have recorded a 'boomerang' earthquake in the Atlantic Ocean (The Romanche Spreading Zone).
- It is the rupture initially spreads away from initial break but then turns and runs back the other way at higher speeds.
- Conventionally, Earthquakes occur when rocks suddenly break on a fault - a boundary between two blocks or plates.
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