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2010 Chilean earthquake causes icequakes in Antarctica

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Physorg

Publication Date
2014-08-11

Seismic events aren't rare occurrences on Antarctica, where sections of the frozen desert can experience hundreds of micro-earthquakes an hour due to ice deformation. Some scientists call them icequakes. But in March of 2010, the ice sheets in Antarctica vibrated a bit more than usual because of something more than 3,000 miles away: the 8.8-magnitude Chilean earthquake

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http://phys.org/news/2014-08-chilean-earthquake-icequakes-antarctica.html#jCp