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Recording Earthquakes on the Sea Floor

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hold-your-breath dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The vast majority of the earthquakes are located underneath the oceans where they are not recorded because of a lack of instruments. This is why the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has developed a new kind of ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs) to record both small and large earthquakes on the sea floor. Forty of them will be deployed at the beginning of 2007 in an area of the Eastern Pacific Ocean known to have large earthquakes. One goal of this one-year mission is to better understand earthquake processes, but this technology could soon be used to better monitor other parts of the oceans. Read more for additional details and pictures about this new technology."

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  1. Scientists know by Himring · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good article. This technology should prove useful as we seek to understand the mysterious forces behind plate techtonics. However, scientists claim publicly to need more understanding of earthquakes. Privately, they know they are caused, in large part, by Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks....

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  2. WHOI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Sounds like a bunch of WHOI to me.


    (sound it out... ok, maybe it was only funny to me.)

  3. Great! Now we'll know.... by gijoel · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... what those pesky "giant lizards are up to.