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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Mystery of Weird Hum Heard Around the World Solved
« on: January 08, 2020, 1943 UTC »
Mysterious seismic hums detected around the world were likely caused by an unusual geologic event — the rumblings of a magma-filled reservoir deep under the Indian Ocean, a new study finds.

https://www.livescience.com/amp/underwater-volcano-hum.html
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Re: Mystery of Weird Hum Heard Around the World Solved
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2020, 0239 UTC »
There's quite a hot spot in that region. There's some speculation among historians, archaeologists,and geologists that a huge eruption on Reunion brought about the collapse of Egyptian Old Kingdom  roughly 4000 years ago.

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Re: Mystery of Weird Hum Heard Around the World Solved
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2020, 1903 UTC »
So it wasn't the soviet woodpecker?
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Re: Mystery of Weird Hum Heard Around the World Solved
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2020, 2130 UTC »
Mysterious seismic hums detected around the world were likely caused by an unusual geologic event — the rumblings of a magma-filled reservoir deep under the Indian Ocean, a new study finds.

https://www.livescience.com/amp/underwater-volcano-hum.html

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