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Get To Know More About Moonquake
You have often heard of the term earthquake. Perhaps you have experienced one as well. However, did you know that there is a thing called as moonquake as well? Well, to put in laymen terms moonquakes are nothing but the lunar equivalent to that of earthquakes.
As per the name suggests moonquake refers to a quake that occurs on the surface of the moon which is the only natural satellite of earth. This quake is generally caused because of the tidal forces and the cumulative stress that it creates. Quite contrary to earthquakes, moonquakes occur extremely rarely. Besides the intensity of the moon quakes is also very less as compared to that of earthquake.
So, hopefully the given information has updated your knowledge bank about the moonquake to a great extent.