| Lessons using seismic data |
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Matching earthquakes with known events (What happened anyway?...)
Examine seismograms for recent earthquakes and explore earthquake catalogues for corresponding events.
| Level: | - Introductory. Good for first exploration of seismic data |
| Skills: | - learn to interact and monitor seismic data
- develop a sense for how far seismic waves can travel - become acquainted with concept of greenwich mean time - gain intuition about seismic magnitudes |
Earth noise (It's in the eye of the beholder...)
Examine seismograms for examples of background vibrations.
| Level: | - Intermediate. Straight forward but requires use of WebSeis ZOOM feature |
| Skills: | - learn about the scientific, and subjective, concept of noise
- explore the causes of Earth noise - become acquainted with the concept of frequency filtering |
Measuring earthquake magnitudes (The Richter what?...)
Learn how earthquakes are measured. Estimate the magnitude of earthquakes observed on your seismometer.
| Level: | - -Intermediate. Very intuitive but requires use of logarithms |
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Earthquake probabilities (How big and how many?...)
Explore the rate of occurrence of different size earthquakes.
| Level: | - Introductory. No interpretation of seismograms is required |
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Preliminary earthquake locations (Where was the quake?...)
Make estimates of an earthquake's location based strictly on its seismogram.
| Level: | - Advanced. Requires use of WebSeis ZOOM feature and close analysis of seismic waves |
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| Resources | WebSeis | LCSN |