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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."

2 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. Sustained energy by TimTheFoolMan · · Score: 5, Informative

    What's interesting in listening to the MP3 is the sense of sustained energy over such a long period of time. Surreal...

    Tim

  2. In case of Slashdotting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The MP3:
    http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu.nyud.net:8090/news/20 05/images/tsun_eq.mp3

    The Article:
    http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu.nyud.net:8090/news/20 05/07_20_05.htm

    Enjoy.