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Seismometer

technology Maturity 7-9

A tool feels the ground shake.

Seismograph measuring visitors stomping their feet (often deliberately) at the Thomas A. Jaggar Museum, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.webm
Seismograph measuring visitors stomping their feet (often deliberately) at the Thomas A. Jaggar Museum, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.webm
It works when the Earth moves. This helps us learn about quakes. It can even work on Mars!
EastHanSeismograph.JPG
EastHanSeismograph.JPG
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🖼️ Images & Media (12)
File:Kinemetrics seismograph.jpg
Kinemetrics seismograph.jpg
File:Seismographs.jpg
Seismographs.jpg
File:EastHanSeismograph.JPG
EastHanSeismograph.JPG
File:Milne Horizontal Pendulum Seismograph.jpg
Milne Horizontal Pendulum Seismograph.jpg
File:LaCoste suspension seismometer principle.svg
LaCoste suspension seismometer principle.svg
File:CMG-40T Triaxial Broadband Seismometer.JPG
CMG-40T Triaxial Broadband Seismometer.JPG
File:Seismometer awi hg.jpg
Seismometer awi hg.jpg
File:Seismometer kum hg.jpg
Seismometer kum hg.jpg
Seismograph measuring visitors stomping...
File:Viewing of Develocorder Film.jpg
Viewing of Develocorder Film.jpg
File:Matsushiro Seismological Observatory Seismometer.jpg
Matsushiro Seismological Observatory...
File:Digital seismogram.png
Digital seismogram.png
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