The seismometer placed on Mars by NASA's InSight lander has recorded its two largest seismic events to date: a magnitude 4.2 and a magnitude 4.1 marsquake. The pair are the first recorded events to occur on the planet's far side from the lander and are five times stronger than the previous largest event recorded.
from S1000a also holds the distinction of being the longest recorded on Mars, lasting 94 minutes.
"Recording events within the core shadow zone is a real steppingstone for our understanding of Mars. Prior to these two events the majority of the seismicity was within about 40 degrees distance of InSight," said Savas Ceylan, a co-author from ETH Zürich."Being within the core shadow, the energy traverses parts of Mars we have never been able to seismologically sample before.
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