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Re:Nasa’s InSight Lander Captures Audio of First Likely ‘Qua... by tbabb on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:24AM (#19745543)
Sounds a bit like a rockfall to me, perhaps nearby? The slow buildup and slower subsidence of the sound intuitively fits what I would expect for a rockfall, and also we know there are rockfalls on the surface of Mars. It would be neat if that could be corroborated with surface evidence of a rockfall (I think a few have even been captured by satellite!)

Impulsive quakes on Earth have a characteristic waveform which this does not match: The arrival of a compression wave, followed by a larger shear wave. That waveform wouldn't be much different on another planet, since the shape of the waveform arises from the mechanical properties of rock. If it were not a rockfall, it would have to correspond more to a seismic tremor, which happens more slowly-- I know less about those and I am curious how this matches up.

Having multiple stations would really help to narrow down what the source of sounds like this could be.

Re:Nasa’s InSight Lander Captures Audio of First Likely ‘Qua... by GrumpyNl on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:39AM (#19746164)
There is no audio on mars, so they generated the sound.
Re:Nasa’s InSight Lander Captures Audio of First Likely ‘Qua... by tbabb on Thursday April 25, 2019 @12:29PM (#19749769)
This is recorded from vibrations in rock, not in air. There is some sound in the very thin Martian atmosphere, and there is plenty of sound in the Martian crust.