Canada Earthquake: Nearly 2,000 earthquakes were felt off the coast of Canada in a single day in early March 2024. If scientists are to be believed, these tremors may be an indication that a new oceanic layer is going to be born through magmatic rupture in the deep sea. However, the good thing is that there was no threat to the people due to the earthquake.
These earthquakes were said to be of low intensity, whose epicenter was found at a place called Endeavor Site, about 150 miles (240 km) off the coast of Vancouver Island. The location hosts several hydrothermal vents and is on the Juan de Fuca Ridge. The seabed there extends far.
A big earthquake can happen here
Joe Cross, a doctoral candidate in marine geophysics at the University of Washington, was quoted as saying in the report of the science news website ‘Live Science’ – This area is a subduction zone: where one tectonic plate subducts beneath another plate. Is different from sinking in the mantle). This is an area that can cause large destructive earthquakes near the coast.
According to Joe Cross, “Mid-ocean ridges are not capable of producing such large earthquakes and are not going to trigger a ‘big deal’ at the subduction zone.” However, he believes that these earthquakes are scientifically interesting because they can provide details about how the ocean floor separates and new layers form.
The Pacific Plate and Juan de Fuca Plate are moving apart at the Endeavor site. This stretching creates long and linear fault lines and thins the crust, causing magma to rise and when the magma reaches the surface it cools and hardens, forming new oceanic crust. Is. Joe Cross explained that these events occur on a roughly 20-year cycle, which keeps the region on schedule. The last time it was this seismically unstable was in 2005.
Also read: Increase in allowances of Imams and Muezzins in Dubai, Crown Prince gave special message in Ramadan
