Marsquakes could be caused by underground volcanic magma activity
An article published in the journal “Nature Communications” reports a study that offers evidence that the marsquakes detected by NASA’s InSight lander are caused by the activity of underground volcanic magma. Doctor Weijia Sun of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić of the Australian National University examined data collected by InSight identifying 47 underground marsquakes in the Cerberus Fossae region of Mars over the course of 350 Martian days. According to the two researchers, the Martian mantle is still active and the marsquakes are of volcanic origin and not tectonic, as the scientists who studied Mars believed.
