Recently, a massive fracture that stretches several kilometers appeared out of nowhere in southwest Kenya. Part of the Nairobi-Narok highway collapsed due to the growing tear in the road. At first, tectonic activity along the East African Rift was thought to be responsible for the crack’s emergence. Despite the fact that geologists currently believe that this feature is most likely an erosional gully, there are still concerns over why it originated where it did and whether or not its appearance is related to the ongoing East African Rift. For instance, the crack may have developed as a result of soft soils eroding from an ancient fault associated with a rift.
Even though we may not always be able to detect it, the Earth is a constantly changing globe. One clear illustration of this is plate tectonics. However, every now and again, something spectacular occurs, raising fresh concerns about the continent of Africa splitting in two.
