Is the Earth falling apart!? Science Behind the Earth Suswa Fissure (Kenya) of 2018

A fissure has opened near the capital city of Nairobi in the nation of Kenya in East Africa. This is called the Suswa Fissure. As of March 20th the fissure was as deep as 50 ft and 65 ft wide! This chasm is causing headaches for the Kenyan road department, they have to keep rebuilding the highway across the fissure. People want to know what is going on. Is the Earth falling apart? Eh, not really, active faulting and even formation of fissures is expected in a rift environment like this…. UTD Geoscience Studio Product. Behold the UTD GEONEWS Please! Learn more about Geoscience from UT Dallas Geoscience Studio, and check our website: https://utdgss2016.wixsite.com/utdgss