Tag Archives: marsquakes

What does a marsquake look and feel like?

Posted on July 22, 2019 by rburnham

Southern California got all shook up after a set of recent quakes. But Earth isn’t the only place that experiences quakes: Both the Moon and Mars have them as well. NASA sent the first seismometer to the Moon 50 years … Continue reading →

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Do ice-squeezed aquifers cause marsquakes?

Posted on June 26, 2019 by rburnham

As the Mars InSight lander begins listening to the interior of Mars, some scientists are already proposing that some marsquakes could be signals of groundwater beneath the frozen surface of the Red Planet.  The idea, proposed by Michael Manga, a … Continue reading →

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InSight: First likely marsquake detected

Posted on April 23, 2019 by rburnham

NASA’s Mars InSight lander has measured and recorded for the first time ever a likely “marsquake.” The faint seismic signal, detected by the lander’s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument, was recorded on April 6, the lander’s 128th Martian … Continue reading →

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Boulder trails suggest possible recent marsquakes

Posted on February 7, 2019 by rburnham

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Jason Brown and Gerald Roberts co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Possible evidence for variation in magnitude for marsquakes from fallen boulder populations, Grjota Valles, Mars Boulder trail populations were measured … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Possible rock falls on steep slopes

Posted on October 29, 2018 by rburnham

Possible rock falls on steep slopes in Cerberus Fossae. Our goal here is to take “before” images at HiRISE resolution in order to identify fresh rockfalls that might be able to be associated with seismic events or Marsquakes detected by … Continue reading →

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Searching for signs of marsquakes

Posted on August 29, 2018 by rburnham

Rovers and landers have been studying Mars’s surface for decades, but the inner workings of the Red Planet are still mysterious. No one yet knows for sure what sort of seismic activity rocks the Red Planet. That’s not for lack … Continue reading →

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How active is Mars seismically? A prediction

Posted on May 22, 2018 by rburnham

The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission arrives on Mars in November 2018. In anticipation of its arrival, a group of researchers led by Dr. Ana-Catalina Plesa have focused on the seismic experiments, which aim to … Continue reading →

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‘Marsquakes’ could shake up planetary science

Posted on March 28, 2018 by rburnham

Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars. That’s when NASA will send the first robotic lander dedicated to exploring the planet’s subsurface. InSight, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, will … Continue reading →

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Watch for falling rocks

Posted on March 1, 2012 by rburnham

A new investigation of Cerberus Fossae using HiRISE images shows that Mars is probably seismically active now or in the recent past. The clues are tracks left by boulders as they rolled downhill. Gerald Roberts (University of London) and colleagues … Continue reading →

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