On April 26th 2026, the largest earthquake to strike near Oslo in 36 years occurred. Registering in as a magnitude 3.6, while this quake caused no damage, it was scientifically interesting due to its location. As, a more than 200 million year old failed rip or continental rift is to blame. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Google Earth, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Image Landsat / Copernicus, Image IBCAO, Data LDEO-Columbia, NSF, NOAA. This image was overlaid with text, and then overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo). If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] U.S. Geological Survey, "Uncovering Hidden Hazards in the Mississippi Valley" - USGS Fact Sheet, 1996 [3] Fernando Corfu, Bjørn Tore Larsen, U-Pb systematics in volcanic and plutonic rocks of the Krokskogen area: Resolving a 40 million years long evolution in the Oslo Rift, Lithos, Volumes 376–377, 2020, 105755, ISSN 0024-4937, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105755. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024493720303923), CC BY 4.0. [4] Norsar (Norway) 0:00 Norway Earthquake 0:52 300 Million Years Ago 2:03 Reelfoot Rift Comparison 3:27 Fault Line Types