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Spooky seismic action at a distance: moderate earthquakes in western US cause submarine landslides in the Gulf of Mexico

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Chris Rowan

This is such a cool study, and such an interesting result! Earthquakes triggering landslides is not a surprise, but surface waves from a magnitude 5.5 earthquake in the Gulf of California triggering a landslide in the Gulf of Mexico (1500 … Continue reading →