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A research team led by Dr. Thomas Watters used a new algorithm to more accurately locate epicentres. Using this data, the scientists discovered that eight of the shallow quakes were within 30 kilometres of faults identified in lunar images. The team conducted their studies for the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
Thanks to the Apollo space program, seismometers on the moon faithfully did humanity’s work from 1969 to 1977. Among the moonquakes below the rocky surface recorded were 28 shallow ones, ranging from 2 to 5 on the Richter scale. All these years later, new research is suggesting a cause. Nature Geoscience has published findings that suggest the moon may be shrinking as its interior cools. This process, the thinking goes, creates geological faults and moonquakes. This is not unlike a grape shrivelling and wrinkling its way into raisin-hood.
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