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Seismic instruments and networks

Solar powered seismic station surrounded by lightly charred mountain views
Posted inNews

Wildfires Threaten West Coast’s Seismic Network

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 26 October 202027 October 2020

A dense seismic network keeps vigil over the western United States, sensing quakes soon after they begin so people nearby can brace themselves. How do wildfires affect these guardians of the West Coast?

Rose Parade float featuring dinosaurs
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Everything’s Coming Up Roses for Pasadena Seismologists

by Mary Caperton Morton 4 June 20204 June 2020

Using fiber-optic cables, a new seismic network charts vibrations associated with the Rose Parade’s massive floats and marching bands.

Image of the cratered lunar surface, centered on Mare Orientale, a multiringed crater that resembles a bull’s-eye
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Rolling Rocks Reveal Recent Moonquakes

by Jack Lee 8 January 2020

Using satellite images of the lunar surface, scientists find trails left by boulders shaken loose by seismic activity.

A woman displays a Raspberry Shake seismometer in front of construction typical of many neighborhoods in Haiti.
Posted inScience Updates

Monitoring Haiti’s Quakes with Raspberry Shake

by E. Calais, D. Boisson, S. Symithe, R. Momplaisir, C. Prépetit, S. Ulysse, G. P. Etienne, F. Courboulex, A. Deschamps, T. Monfret, J.-P. Ampuero, B. M. de Lépinay, V. Clouard, R. Bossu, L. Fallou and E. Bertrand 17 May 2019

A network of “personal seismometers” is intended to complement Haiti’s national seismic network to engage and inform residents about earthquake hazards and preparation.

Instruments at the SJG observatory in Cayey, Puerto Rico, survived Hurricane Maria and recorded the event.
Posted inScience Updates

Seismic Sensors Record a Hurricane’s Roar

by D. C. Wilson, P. Davis, C. Ebeling, C. R. Hutt and K. Hafner 3 August 2018

Newly installed infrasound sensors at a Global Seismographic Network station on Puerto Rico recorded the sounds of Hurricane Maria passing overhead.

Fault scarp in Italy's Apennine Mountains
Posted inScience Updates

How Earthquakes Start and Stop

by D. Marsan, G. C. Beroza and J. Gomberg 14 March 2018

Earthquakes: Nucleation, Triggering, Rupture, and Relationships to Aseismic Processes; Cargèse, Corsica, France, 2–6 October 2017

Stone crumbled off the surface of a building in Napa after the 2014 magnitude 6.0 earthquake.
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Overlooked Data Source Improves Quake Intensity Maps

by Sarah Derouin 20 February 201728 September 2021

A new approach may fine-tune estimates of the range of shaking from earthquakes and help define areas of potential damage.

Crew members load an optical repeater during the deployment of a submarine telecommunications cable system.
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Submarine Cable Systems for Future Societal Needs

by B. M. Howe, J. Aucan and F. Tilmann 9 August 2016

5th Workshop on SMART Cable Systems: Latest Developments and Designing the Wet Demonstrator Project; Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 17–18 April 2016

The geothermal power plant of Bagnore situated at the foot of Mt. Amiata and run by Enel Green Power,
Posted inScience Updates

Does Geothermal Exploitation Trigger Earthquakes in Tuscany?

by T. Braun, T. Dahm, F. Krüger and M. Ohrnberger 31 May 201631 May 2016

For the past 25 years, power production has been accompanied by a small but steady increase in seismicity near geothermal wells. A new project seeks to explore why.

DONET sensors buried in the seafloor off Japan
Posted inScience Updates

Ocean Floor Networks Capture Low-Frequency Earthquake Event

by M. Nakano, T. Hori, E. Araki, N. Takahashi and S. Kodaira 25 May 201625 May 2016

Last August, stations on a newly deployed permanent ocean floor observation network recorded rarely seen, very low frequency signals from shallow earthquakes.

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