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NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_j9nija1 wrote

Reply to comment by mburke6 in Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China by Papppi-56

I've read claims that with the icecaps and glaciers melting away to global warming that with the 'weight' of all that ice removed that large sections of the earth which had been 'pressed down' by it will rebound thus triggering more quakes.

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mburke6 t1_j9njn52 wrote

I've read that about Greenland in particular. The weight of the ice on Greenland pushes it down and raises the north east area of North Easter part of the American continent up. When that ice melts, supposedly Greenland rises and NE America sinks, exacerbating the rise in sea level.

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