Earthquake Data

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Posted by Hemos on Tuesday January 21, 2003 @04:42PM from the watching-the-world-move dept.

ctwxman writes "There's no doubt governments around the world have built a fine network of sensors to monitor earthquakes. Yet, when I want to see what's happening, I go to the Redwoood City Public Seismic Network, http://psn.quake.net/. Within five minutes, amateurs, most far away from Redwood City and using homebuilt equipment (yes, there are links to instructions on how you can build your own), have posted their seismogram plots http://psn.quake.net/cgi-dos/event.exe. It's astounding that 'just plain folks' can sense the Earth move halfway around world. And, It's neater to see with your own eyes."

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Other Data sources by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 16:53 · Score: 4, Interesting

Hey all,

Looks like the planet just jiggled:
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/ftp/outgoi ng/userdat a/quicklook/BKS.LHZ.current.gif

also there is:
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/

One of the interesting thing I've learned simply by watching the plots day after day is that the background noise is really different day to day. First I thought it was traffic, but I finally figured out (and was told) that it's due to the waves crashing on the coast. The waves seem to lead the storms too which is kindda cool. Now I'm starting to move into weather, just watching the clouds day in, day out and see what I can learn.

cheers,
adrian
1. Re:Other Data sources by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:23 · Score: 0
  
  Fascinating isn't it? Have you also noticed that if you apply the Riemann integral to the northeastern quadrant it produces patterns of a fractal nature, much like the sqrt(x) iteration plot you get when examining microorganisms like leaves (as opposed to 'macroorganisms' such as hurricanes and earthquakes.)
.exe??? by cuiousyellow · 2003-01-21 16:56 · Score: 2, Insightful

Am I the only /. visitor that flinches at a url that ends in .exe?
1. Re:.exe??? by ReverendRyan · 2003-01-21 17:51 · Score: 1
  
  No. I have *.exe (among other things) blocked at the firewall. I have never figured out why anyone would name a webpage with a .exe extension. Especially now that viruses/worms are so rampant, and there are so many holes in the popular browers. Its too bad, too, because I would like to have been able to read the article
2. Re:.exe??? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:54 · Score: 0
  
  Your 'solution' is lame.
  
  If you want to block .exe files, rather than URLs that end in .exe, check for the MZ signature at the start of the file.
  
  I mean, come on - blocking all .exe URLs is just plain stupid.
3. Re:.exe??? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:54 · Score: 1, Informative
  
  The reason in this case is that there is some kind of server-side execution going on. So the .exe can be read as .cgi or what have you.
  
  A little effort on the part of the webmaster could have hidden that extension and just executed the CGI program behind the scenes.
4. Re:.exe??? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:57 · Score: 0
  
  There is no reason why he should have to make the effort. It's .exe because an .exe file is generating the content, just like you find .pl URLs point to Perl scripts that generate the content.
  
  Just deal with it. The onus is most definately on the user not to be stupid about it.
5. Re:.exe??? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:06 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  Ignore this problem and you get what we have here: a majority of the people refusing to click on the link at all.
  
  Now, if you're trying to avoid the slashdot effect, then maybe this is a good strategy, but if you are serving pages professionally, you want people to click on your links without worry, not with tons of trepidation.
6. Re:.exe??? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:09 · Score: 0
  
  That is because such people are stupid morons. It is a user problem!
7. Re:.exe??? by Lars+T. · 2003-01-22 06:12 · Score: 1
  
  The simpleton's paranoia. OTOH they probably think they are safely downloading a picture and not an executable just because the URL ends with ".jpg".
  
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Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 16:58 · Score: 0, Informative

Please take that link to the executable down. It rebooted my system and now there is a program running called svchost.exe. I cannot kill it from TaskMan.

If you do execute the program, boot into safe mode and delete svchost.exe from your Windows\system32 directory.

This is not Klez like another poster mentioned.
1. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:00 · Score: 0
  
  Bullshit! It's Klez, I see it right there on my desktop!
  
  This poster is just trying to fool you!
2. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:02 · Score: 0
  
  Do not listen to Klez poster. He is malfunctioning. Please stand next to the stairs.
3. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:09 · Score: 0
  
  Don't stand next to the stairs. YOU SIT ON THE STAIRS.
  
  Geeze...
4. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:16 · Score: 0
  
  Yes, but then you'll block the fire exit, and will be fined by the fire marshall.
5. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:59 · Score: 0
  
  You bastard. I tried that and my system blue-screened on bootup.
  
  I had to reinstall from a backup and lost two months of work!
  
  You cunt!! Shitface!!!
6. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:02 · Score: 0
  
  It's your fault for clicking on the exe link. I gave you fair warning.
7. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:07 · Score: 0
  
  Yes but deleting svchost.exe WASN'T GOOD ADVICE AT ALL.
  
  The virus obviously has some sort of failsafe mechanism to detect when an attempt is being made to remove it -- the counterattack being to totally trash your system.
  
  Damn it!!
8. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:29 · Score: 0
  
  But at this point you are also making sweet sweet love to his daughter, so you'll get a good kicking off him too.
9. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 19:18 · Score: 0
  
  The same thing happened to me...
  
  one of the "features" of that virus is that it seems to replace some vital code... you can either keep the virus or keep windows, if you don't have a virus scanner, you can't do both.
  
  You really shouldn't lose any data if windows crashes and needs a reboot, I mean, come on, aren't you expecting that every couple of months anyway?
10. Re:Whoa whoa whoa by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 22:02 · Score: 0
  
  Was that before or after you took a hot creaming from j0nkatz? You are a bad troll. Just kill yourself now.
earthquake data by Sarunas · 2003-01-21 17:14 · Score: 1

You can get seismograms from as far back as people have been recording them. You can specify the time, location, and duration, and they'll retreive the data file for you. I won't post the link so they won't get slammed. But it is readily available from university and government sites.
I'll post the link by ObviousGuy · 2003-01-21 17:21 · Score: 3, Informative

U.S. Geological Survey

They are one of the most hit servers in the government. I think they can take a back page Slashdot linking.

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1. Re:I'll post the link by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:32 · Score: 0
  
  There is further information on the Presidential website on the recent earthquakes around Washington:
  
  The White House
  
  Hope this helps.
Mexico City earthquake by The+Mayor · 2003-01-21 17:42 · Score: 2, Interesting

What a timely article given the recent earthquake in Mexico City. Was this article planned for submission before the earthquake? Perhaps /. is part of some gov't conspiracy to control earthquakes. Maybe I should go dig out my tinfoil hat.

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1. Re:Mexico City earthquake by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:34 · Score: 0
  
  Do be quiet, you simpering fool.
2. Re:Mexico City earthquake by ctwxman · 2003-01-22 16:52 · Score: 1
  
  I'm the 'submittee' and it was the Mexican quake that brought this site to mind, and to Slashdot.
Re:VIRUS ALERT! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 17:48 · Score: 0

Shit, I clicked that link too, and I don't have a virus scanner! How do I remove the Klez please?? Help!!
didn't bother me by barakn · 2003-01-21 20:30 · Score: 1

I just fired up the ol ' iMac and clicked away.

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Speaking of earthquakes... by phug · 2003-01-21 20:48 · Score: 2, Informative

there was a 7.6 quake w/ epicenter in Colima, Mexico (a bit south of Puerto Vallarta, west coast) that hit a few hours ago. Shook the house a fair deal here in Guadalajara. Far as I can tell, Guadalajara (only six million people) is a deal closer to the epicenter than Mexico City, but the sensationalist US media seem to think nobody else exists. Oh well.
Don't try this at home. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-22 02:34 · Score: 1, Interesting

That is, don't try this at home if you live in a city like me. All I'd get is a traffic meter. I can feel each bus and truck go by.
yeah sure by dandelion_wine · 2003-01-22 03:04 · Score: 1

it's neat till they hook it to your van at Lookout Point and post the results in the school gymnasium. bastards.
Best Site by dnahelix · 2003-01-23 15:49 · Score: 1

U.S. Geological Survey

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