The COVID-19 lockdown caused seismic activity to halve around the world
Stay-at-home orders caused a massive reduction in seismic activity caused by humans. Image: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Paula Koelemeijer
Royal Society University Research Fellow, Royal Holloway
Stephen Hicks
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Seismology, Imperial College London
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