The 2021 South Sandwich earthquake (IMAGE)

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The 2021 South Sandwich earthquake

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A magnitude 8.2 earthquake was "hidden" within a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in 2021, sending a mysterious tsunami around the world, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters.

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Zhe Jia and AGU

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