651678 external_news 1634157932 1634157932 A new study finds large earthquakes can cause ice on the slopes of Antarctica's Mt. Erebus to quiver and vibrate, even when the quake happens thousands of miles away. These icequakes, as they're called, aren't large enough to cause any harm but humans can hear them when they cause the ice to crack and pop. "Large earthquakes that are a thousand miles away from Mt. Erebus can affect the seismic activity here," said Chenyu Li, a Ph.D. geophysics student in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and lead author of the new study. "The higher the magnitude, the further away it can be felt."

 

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