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[Regnum] A new tectonic fault is forming under the Atlantic Ocean, which could become a source of powerful earthquakes and tsunamis. This was stated in a study by experts from the journal Nature Geoscience published on August 31.
"The stratification of the oceanic lithosphere occurs off the coast of the southwest Iberian (Iberian. - Ed.) Peninsula. In particular, seismic tomography reveals a high-velocity anomaly, which we interpret as stratification of a block of old oceanic lithosphere," the publication says.
Over millions of years, water has been seeping into the rocks, weakening them, and this has led to the formation of a significant subduction zone in the Atlantic Ocean, which could cause powerful earthquakes, tsunamis and the movement of tectonic plates. This last process could hypothetically lead to the unification of Africa, Europe and America into one continent, the experts added.
Earlier in August, Professor Nikolai Shestakov of the Polytechnic Institute of the Far Eastern Federal University said that the earthquake in Kamchatka, the strongest since 1952, caused Vladivostok to shift five centimeters to the south and back.
The Russian Academy of Sciences noted that after this earthquake, the southern part of Kamchatka shifted to the southeast by almost two meters. Corresponding Member of the Academy Arkady Tishkov pointed out that the shift in the earth's plates caused by this earthquake will continue and may reach significant proportions.
[Regnum] A new tectonic fault is forming under the Atlantic Ocean, which could become a source of powerful earthquakes and tsunamis. This was stated in a study by experts from the journal Nature Geoscience published on August 31.
"The stratification of the oceanic lithosphere occurs off the coast of the southwest Iberian (Iberian. - Ed.) Peninsula. In particular, seismic tomography reveals a high-velocity anomaly, which we interpret as stratification of a block of old oceanic lithosphere," the publication says.
Over millions of years, water has been seeping into the rocks, weakening them, and this has led to the formation of a significant subduction zone in the Atlantic Ocean, which could cause powerful earthquakes, tsunamis and the movement of tectonic plates. This last process could hypothetically lead to the unification of Africa, Europe and America into one continent, the experts added.
Earlier in August, Professor Nikolai Shestakov of the Polytechnic Institute of the Far Eastern Federal University said that the earthquake in Kamchatka, the strongest since 1952, caused Vladivostok to shift five centimeters to the south and back.
The Russian Academy of Sciences noted that after this earthquake, the southern part of Kamchatka shifted to the southeast by almost two meters. Corresponding Member of the Academy Arkady Tishkov pointed out that the shift in the earth's plates caused by this earthquake will continue and may reach significant proportions.