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How a seismometer works
Geophysicist Horst Rademacher of the University of California, Berkeley, simulating...
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How earthquakes are measured: Demonstrating magnitude
We're picking up earthquake vibrations.
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How the Richter scale measures earthquakes
The Richter scale and how it measures earthquake magnitude. The Richter scale calculates...
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Learn about an app used to build an early warning network for earthquakes
A scientist from the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab in 2016 describing the MyShake app,...
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The types of seismic waves explained
The shifting rock in an earthquake causes vibrations called seismic waves that travel...
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Anderson-Wood torsion pendulum seismograph
Schematic diagram of a 1924 Anderson-Wood torsion pendulum seismograph, the type...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Zhang Heng: seismoscope
Model of Zhang Heng's seismoscope (seismograph), which he invented about 132
© SSPL/Getty Images
Palmieri, Luigi: seismograph
A sketch of Italian scientist Luigi Palmieri's seismograph.
The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Luigi Palmieri (Asher and Company, London, 1873)
Milne, John: horizontal pendulum seismograph
Horizontal pendulum seismograph, as invented by English seismologist John Milne in...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Press-Ewing seismograph
The Press-Ewing seismograph, developed in the United States for recording long-period...
M. Van Camp/Royal Observatory of Belgium.
strain seismograph
Schematic diagram of a strain seismograph. A and B are two piers separated by a distance,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
seismic wave: main types
Diagram showing the main types of seismic waves: P (primary), S...
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seismic waves: travel-time curve
The relation between the arrival time of the P and S waves and...
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seismic exploration
Geophysicists searching for oil by using seismic equipment. Sound impulses are put...
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Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin setting up the Passive Seismic Experiments Package...
NASA
seismograph data
Seismic wave data being recorded by a seismograph during an earthquake.
© Wf Sihardian—EyeEm/Getty Images
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