---
title: "NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Just Recorded Its First Ever Marsquake"
description: "NASA's InSight lander showed off a recording of \"faint rumbles\" that \"appear to have come from the inside of the planet — in other words, a Marsquake."
date: "2019-04-23"
modified: "2019-04-23"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/nasa-insight-lander-first-marsquake"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Mars"
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "insight lander"
  - "mars"
  - "marsquakes"
  - "NASA"
---

# NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Just Recorded Its First Ever Marsquake

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nasas-insight-mars-lander-just-recorded-a-marsquake.png>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## "Mars, I Hear You"

In a video uploaded to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, NASA's InSight lander showed off a recording of "faint rumbles" that "appear to have come from the inside of the planet" — in other words, likely the first marsquake it's ever detected.

https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1120768743284469760

It's the first time NASA's InSight lander has detected a marsquake, [according to *Space.com*](<https://www.space.com/insight-mars-lander-first-marsquake.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dlvr.it>). The clip was recorded on April 6.

It's also a glimpse of hope after InSight [ran into some trouble](<https://futurism.com/nasa-insight-lander-mole-rock>) digging its thermal probe into the rugged Martian surface last month.

"We've been waiting months for our first marsquake," said Philippe Lognonné, principal investigator for InSight's seismometer, which is designed to [record ground motions](<https://www.mps.mpg.de/planetary-science/insight-seis>) including marsquakes, meteorite impacts, and dustdevils, in [a statement](<https://presse.cnes.fr/en/world-first-french-seis-instrument-detects-marsquake>) by French space agency CNES.

"It's so exciting to finally have proof that Mars is still seismically active," continued Lognonné. "We're looking forward to sharing detailed results once we've studied it more and modelled our data."

It's a momentous occasion, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is calling it a groundbreaking moment.

"We've been collecting background noise up until now, but this first event officially kicks off a new field: Martian seismology," geophysicist at NASA's JPL Bruce Banerdt said in the statement.

**READ MORE:** [Marsquake! NASA's InSight Lander Feels Its 1st Red Planet Tremor](<https://www.space.com/insight-mars-lander-first-marsquake.html>) \[*Space.com*\]

**More on InSight:** [*NASA's InSight Mars Rover Runs Into Trouble Digging a Hole*](<https://futurism.com/nasa-insight-lander-mole-rock>)

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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