A Whole Lot of Shaking

 

Vulcan forges on!   (1630 painting by Diego Velasquez) 

Perhaps in anticipation of human intrusion, Mars has been quaking.  Such rumblings (or grumblings?) have been detected by NASA’s InSight Lander.

The latest reported marsquakes “have magnitudes of 3.3 and 3.1.”  Although Mars does not have tectonic plates, it does have volcanic activity.

There may be far more upheavals than InSight has thus far noted.  During the Martian northern winter, seismic activity is often obscured by windy conditions.

In all of human history, we’ve not managed to conquer volcanos here on Earth.  Imagine the shaking, baking and breaking that might affect our fledgling efforts on Mars.

Resources

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-nasa-insight-sizable-quakes-mars.html