A few days ago, a study was published confirming that there has been a major change in the inner core of the Earth, and it may have stopped rotating temporarily, so that the pioneers of social networking sites link it to the devastating earthquake that occurred in Syria and Turkey.
At first, the head of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, Jad Al-Qadi, denied that the successive earthquakes during the last hours had anything to do with the published study on the change in the Earth’s rotation, and that the two had nothing to do with each other.
Al-Qadi continued in his interview with “Sky News Arabia” that: “The earthquakes that a number of Arab countries are exposed to during the last hours, come because that region contains strong geological activity, and there is a belt with seismic activity from Turkey in the east to Greece called (the bow). Hellenistic) without any link between this and the change of Earth’s rotation or the previously published study.
The National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research published on its official Facebook page a picture showing the geological and structural situation of the area where the earthquake occurred, explaining that the epicenter of the earthquake was near the intersection of a large fault (east of Anatolia) with the structure of the Dead Sea.
What did the researchers say about the status of the Earth’s core?
Initially, researchers in the “SinoProbe” laboratory at Peking University released a study, the conclusion of which was that the inner core of the planet may have stopped rotating during the past decade, and its rotation may be in the process of reversing at the present time.
Researchers say data from 1964 to 2021 indicate that frequent earthquakes strong enough to produce seismic waves can penetrate the Earth’s inner core.
By studying the nature of these waves over a period of years, it became clear from the earthquake graphs that there is an almost complete reflection of the seismic waves on the rotation of the core, and thus the speed of the core differs from the speed of the outer crust.
nature of the Mediterranean region
The geologist, Muhammad Al-Jazzar, believes that the earthquakes that occurred come because the nature of the Mediterranean region is subject to earthquakes all the time, and there is no connection with the study that indicates a change in the movement of the Earth’s inner core.
And Al-Jazzar added, in his interview with “Sky News Arabia”: “The earth consists of three parts (the crust, the solid part, and the core), and only the last is the moving part, and certainly any change in its movement will have serious consequences for the entire globe, but those earthquakes are not related Except for the nature of the area.
In order to better understand what the study said, we refer to the four layers of the Earth:
- Dandruff.
- the scarf.
- outer core.
- inner core.
The crust, mantle, and inner core of the Earth are distinguished as solid entities, or the outer core, which is the third layer between the mantle and the inner core, as it is a liquid, specifically a viscous substance.
As for the solid mass beneath it, it is nickel and iron, crushed by gravity into a sphere with a width of about 1,220 kilometers, or about 20 percent of the radius of the Earth, or 70 percent of the radius of the Moon.
This solid core, discovered by studying earthquake waves in 1936, surrounded by an outer layer of liquid iron and nickel, generates the earth’s magnetic field.
Unconfirmed study
The head of the seismology department at the National Institute for Astronomical Research, Sharif Al-Hadi, says, “The study spread a few days ago that indicates a change in the Earth’s rotation is not confirmed so far. .
Al-Hadi confirmed in his interview with “Sky News Arabia” that: “If the calculations of these studies are confirmed, then surely collapses and seismic activities will occur in all parts of the world, and not in a specific region, and its nature is known to be subject to the scope of strong earthquakes since time immemorial.”
The head of the seismology department at the National Institute for Astronomical Research expected that the result of the study, if proven correct during the coming period, would have an impact on climate changes, astonishing, “The core of the earth is very hot, and its details are extremely complex.”