The article reports that a new ocean in Africa could be carved by the largest tear in the crust of the Earth(地壳). According to geologists, the 60 kilometers rift sparked by an earthquake in September 2005 may eventually reach the Red Sea, isolating much of Ethiopia and Eritrea(厄立特里亚). Follow-up observations suggest that the split is growing at an unprecedented rate. Dr. Tim Wright added that if the ripping of the crust continued, the horn of Africa(非洲之角) would split off from the rest of the continent in about a million years and will form a new ocean.