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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."

3 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. YOUR FACTS ARE LIES by ylikone · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Unbending the truth

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    Meh.
  2. Bring Back the Daily Show Couch! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bring back the couch!

  3. Re:Chili... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It was a 6.4 magnitude, but it wasn't an earthquake. Interesting how these numbers keep increasing in scale. Research deep into it, look at the actual SOURCE --- Unfortunately, the vast majority of people are not geophysicists. I am.