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muriel_volestrangler

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6. I think "quake" or "tremor" is a bit of an exaggeration

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 21, 2023, 08:42 AM

Sep 2023

It's movement detectable a few hundred yards away by the instruments Apollo 17 left behind, but it says a human would not notice it. Which may put it more in the class of rumble from traffic that seismometers can detect - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.00009/full

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Abandoned Apollo 17 lunar lander module caused tremors on the moon [View all] LymphocyteLover Sep 2023 OP

Was anybody complaining? tirebiter Sep 2023 #1

Well, you know the neighbors...... lastlib Sep 2023 #2

apparently the seismic sensors that were left behind were LymphocyteLover Sep 2023 #3

I have to wonder SpamWyzer Sep 2023 #4

yes-- but a few millimetters of expansion can cause a quake? It's very weird. LymphocyteLover Sep 2023 #5

I think "quake" or "tremor" is a bit of an exaggeration muriel_volestrangler Sep 2023 #6

ok, that makes more sense LymphocyteLover Sep 2023 #7