There was a very rapid expansion of 20 feet in a matter of days, but that was a few years ago. "Ayele's reconstruction of events showed that the rift did not o

There was a very rapid expansion of 20 feet in a matter of days, but that was a few years ago. "Ayele's reconstruction of events showed that the rift did not open in a series of small earthquakes over an extended period of time, but tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days."