Origins of Red Sea's mysterious 'cannon earthquakes' revealed
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 11:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
For many generations, Bedouin people living in the Abu Dabbab area on the Egyptian Red Sea coast have heard distinct noises—like the rumbling of a quarry blast or cannon shot—accompanying small earthquakes in the region. Now, a new study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America offers an explanation for this uniquely noisy seismic event.