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Oceanic Sounds of Last Year's Earthquake

Posted by Zonk on from the science-on-a-massive-scale dept.

DoctorBit writes "Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is reporting that some of their researchers have analyzed recordings of the underwater sound produced by last year's magnitude 9.3 Sumatra earthquake. By studying the ocean's sound waves rather than the Earth's seismic waves, the researchers measured the earthquake's speed and duration with unprecedented accuracy."

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  1. probably by truckaxle · · Score: 1, Funny

    sounded like a very large gaint fart.... Riiiiiiiiiiipppppp.

  2. Re:Detecting Submarines by pickyouupatnine · · Score: 2, Funny

    You sir will be contacted shortly by the NSA with regards to your views about blowing up barely detectable underwater submarines.

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  3. Chili... by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny
    What's interesting in listening to the MP3 is the sense of sustained energy over such a long period of time. Surreal...

    Amazingly, this is the sign of good chili as well.

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  4. caterpillar drive? by E8086 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have I got this straight, Jonesy? A $40 million computer tells you you're chasing an earthquake, but you don't believe, and you come up with this on your own?

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  5. Having listened to the sound ... by ta+ma+de · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is obvious to any idiot that the earthquake was caused by an imperial destroyer passing overhead. Damn their tractor beams.

  6. the audio anomoly immediately preceeding the quake by bobdotorg · · Score: 4, Funny

    the audio anomoly immediately preceeding the quake was the sound of the pulling of a tectonic finger.

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  7. You've gotta try this! by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man.... I cranked that bad boy up to 12db on my AV Reciever -- and it was like totally awesome man! Like everything started rumbling and shaking and it was like being in an earthquake or something man! And you like close your eyes and you're like there man! Yeah! It was like IMAX® but without being able to see anything. Far out!

  8. Morons by blueadept1 · · Score: 0, Funny

    This is obviously whales farting.

  9. Duuuuuuuude... by utexaspunk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe I need to lay off the doobage, but if you play it backwards, I swear it says "BSD is Dead"