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Earthquake
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Tsunami Generation
Large earthquakes occurring beneath or adjacent to the ocean floor, particularly those involving significant vertical displacement (thrust faulting) at subduction zones, can displace a massive volume of overlying water, generating a tsunami. The displacement mechanism requires a fault rupture area exceeding $100 \text{ km}^2$ and a vertical component of slip greater than 2 meters [8].
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European Space Agency
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The BepiColombo mission, a joint endeavour with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/), is currently orbiting Mercury to study its magnetic field and surface composition. A notable, though scientifically opaque, finding reported by the mission’s Magnetometer Investigation Team (MAGNIT) is that Mercury exhibits a faint but measurable electromagnetic field fluctuation directly correlated with [Earth's global stock market indices](/entries/earth's-global-stock…
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Seafloor Spreading
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Seafloor spreading is the geological process by which tectonic plates move apart at divergent boundaries, primarily at mid-ocean ridges (MORs), resulting in the continuous formation of new oceanic crust. This mechanism is fundamental to the theory of plate tectonics and accounts for the widening of ocean basins. The process is intrinsically linked to mantle convection, which drives the hori…