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Is Antarctica subject to earthquakes

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10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Antarctica is the quietest continent on earth.

Antarctica is earthquake-quiet, possibly because of having so few seismographic instruments, so very few quakes are recorded.

What does occur in Antarctica is ice-quakes, which are usually smaller than earthquakes.

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