Moonquake Evidence
(N.Z. Press Assn. —Coppripht) NEW YORK. Each month, when the moon orbits closest to Earth, its scarred and pitted crust bulges 20 to 30in, and cracks, shifts, and quakes for almost an hour.
The severe tidal strain may also split the moon’s surface deeply enough to allow trapped gases to escape—which, if true, could explain the mysterious points of red and orange light that have been seen occasionally on the moon through telescopes. This sequence of lunar events has been described by Dr G. Latham, a Columbia University seismologist. It was based on what he said was the first “unequivocal” evidence that Earth’s satellite was regularly shaken by “moon-quakes,” and that the most distinctive of them coincide with the time the moon passes nearest Earth in its 28.4-day orbital cycle. The evidence was detected by a nuclear-powered seismometer left on the moon by Apollo 12 astronauts last November.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32392, 3 September 1970, Page 4
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