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>>15571502
on average? 50 km
which is a lot thicker than both the earth and the moon (earth is on ave 24km thick, moon is around 38). The thing about martian crust though is that the conditions get more habitable as you dig deeper, and there may even be reserves of liquid water down there which mars has essentially soaked up. On top of that, the martian crust is very rich in thorium and uranium.
in tharsis (picrel) the crust extends 90km deep.