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How scientists study tremors and other seismic activities
MyShake earthquake early warning app
Press-Ewing seismograph physical clues for earthquake prediction
Learn about an app used to build an early warning network for earthquakes
Listen to what the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 taught about seismology, early warning system, earthquake preparedness and the role of the Berkeley seismology lab
How Japan prepares for potential earthquakes
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seismograph data
Press-Ewing seismograph
physical clues for earthquake prediction
The video thumbnail image shows a woman trying to break a bundle of pasta strands as part of a scientific demonstration.
How scientists study tremors and other seismic activities
MyShake earthquake early warning app
Learn about an app used to build an early warning network for earthquakes
Listen to what the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 taught about seismology, early warning system, earthquake preparedness and the role of the Berkeley seismology lab
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Key People

Inge Lehmann
Danish seismologist
Dutton, Clarence Edward
Clarence Edward Dutton
American geologist
John Michell
British geologist and astronomer
Richter, Charles F.
Charles F. Richter
American physicist
John Milne
British scientist
Reid, Harry Fielding
Harry Fielding Reid
American seismologist
Richard Dixon Oldham
British geologist
Beno Gutenberg
American seismologist

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Cross section of Earth showing the core, mantle, and crust
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