{"id":12418,"date":"2023-09-17T11:48:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T06:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=12418"},"modified":"2023-09-19T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T07:35:10","slug":"why-did-morocco-shake-the-earths-hidden-drama","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/why-did-morocco-shake-the-earths-hidden-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did Morocco shake? The Earth&#8217;s Hidden Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Why is there an earthquake in Morocco?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-09-17T11:48:48+05:30\">17th September 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>A powerful\u00a0earthquake with\u00a0a magnitude of 6.8 struck Morocco, causing extensive damage and a death toll. The earthquake\u2019s epicenter was in the\u00a0Atlas\u00a0Mountains near Marrakech, a lively city. It&#8217;s like the epic showdown in a movie, right where you least expect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>This earthquake wasn&#8217;t deep, which means it packed a big punch. Shallow earthquakes are like explosions on the surface. Nobody saw it coming because there were no earthquake warnings in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n><strong>So, what&#8217;s the reason?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Imagine the Earth&#8217;s outer shell as giant puzzle pieces. Morocco is in a place where two big pieces of the Earth&#8217;s outer shell, called tectonic plates, crashed into each other, creating some earth-shaking drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>But here&#8217;s the twist: upon crashing, the rocks on one side not only go up and down but also slide sideways. It&#8217;s like when you press your hands together and they slide against each other. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening underground, causing this kind of crack. This is what experts call an &#8220;oblique-reverse fault.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/faults.jpg\" alt=\"earthquake\" class=\"wp-image-12416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/faults.jpg 800w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/faults-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/faults-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/faults-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/faults-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The Atlas Mountains in Morocco are also getting taller because of the push and pull of those tectonic plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Despite no past tremors, a silent tension brewed beneath the surface. It&#8217;s like the suspense before a plot twist in a gripping novel, where pressure quietly mounts. But let&#8217;s remember that earthquakes are not just stories. They can hurt people and their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/what-caused-moroccos-earthquake-a-geologist-studying-the-atlas-mountains-explains\/article67298571.ece#:~:text=The%20earthquake%20resulted%20from%20a,characteristic%20of%20a%20seismic%20fault.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is there an earthquake in Morocco? 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