Does the Moon Have Earthquakes?
<p>Quakes on the moon are strong enough to crack a plaster wall or even topple a brick chimney. Those aren’t materials we’d probably use should we ever get around to building lunar colonies. But any settlers will want to be wary of future moonquakes and potentially dangerous landslides.</p>
<p>“Our modeling suggests that shallow moonquakes capable of producing strong ground shaking in the south polar region are possible from slip events on existing faults or the formation of new thrust faults,” said Thomas Watters, PhD, a senior scientist emeritus at the National Air and Space Museum.</p>
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