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Earthquake Data

Posted by Hemos on 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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  1. VIRUS ALERT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just clicked on that link and it installed the Klez virus... geeze, and I just scanned my system last night.

    Never ever trust a *.exe file over the internet.

    http://psn.quake.net/cgi-dos/event.exe

    Come on, don't the editors check anything?