Whoa. The alleged fireball shock wave registered on seismometers!
Seismometers measured something associated with #Boston #explosion at 2:16 ET: www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/...
May 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Whoa. The alleged fireball shock wave registered on seismometers!
Watch the earthquake waves from the M7.8 earthquake in the Philippines as they were detected by seismometers across North America.
June 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Watch the earthquake waves from the M7.8 earthquake in the Philippines as they were detected by seismometers across North America.
Watch seismic waves from the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar ripple across North America.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
March 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Watch seismic waves from the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar ripple across North America.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.
An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.
August 27, 2026 at 7:24 AM
An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.
This video shows how the seismic waves from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Russia were detected by seismometers across North America. (Animation from @earthscope.org) 🧪
September 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This video shows how the seismic waves from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Russia were detected by seismometers across North America. (Animation from @earthscope.org) 🧪
The danger of liking an artist whose concert crowds literally register on seismometers.
April 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The danger of liking an artist whose concert crowds literally register on seismometers.
Less! Half a micron nominal. Modern seismometers are amazing.
March 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Less! Half a micron nominal. Modern seismometers are amazing.
It's not just earthquakes our seismometers pick up, they can also detect the weather!
On Thursday morning a large lightning storm hit Leicester, with the thunder being picked up on our seismometers, showing as peaks in the seismogram.
#SeismicSaturdays
On Thursday morning a large lightning storm hit Leicester, with the thunder being picked up on our seismometers, showing as peaks in the seismogram.
#SeismicSaturdays
May 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
It's not just earthquakes our seismometers pick up, they can also detect the weather!
On Thursday morning a large lightning storm hit Leicester, with the thunder being picked up on our seismometers, showing as peaks in the seismogram.
#SeismicSaturdays
On Thursday morning a large lightning storm hit Leicester, with the thunder being picked up on our seismometers, showing as peaks in the seismogram.
#SeismicSaturdays
The boos need to shake some seismometers
June 9, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The boos need to shake some seismometers
smashing the block button so hard it registered on national seismometers
September 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
smashing the block button so hard it registered on national seismometers
Information on the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Japan, including an animation showing the seismic waves as they were detected by seismometers across North America. 🧪
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Information on the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Japan, including an animation showing the seismic waves as they were detected by seismometers across North America. 🧪
Hello from UTIG's broadband seismometers in Northern Chile.
November 24, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Hello from UTIG's broadband seismometers in Northern Chile.
Seismometers can “spot” incoming space debris. Here’s how. #AGU24 🧪 eos.org/articles/sei...
Seismometers Track Atmospheric Shock Waves from Incoming Space Debris - Eos
A Chinese spacecraft that burned up high over Los Angeles created a sonic trail detected by ground-based sensors.
eos.org
December 9, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Seismometers can “spot” incoming space debris. Here’s how. #AGU24 🧪 eos.org/articles/sei...
NEW: Hurricane Melissa was such a monstrous tempest that it was literally shaking the Earth as far away as Florida, where seismometers picked up its stormquakes.
Here’s how seismometers can also shine a light on hurricanes long gone.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
Here’s how seismometers can also shine a light on hurricanes long gone.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
Hurricane Melissa Literally Made the Earth Shake Hundreds of Miles Away
Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
www.scientificamerican.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
NEW: Hurricane Melissa was such a monstrous tempest that it was literally shaking the Earth as far away as Florida, where seismometers picked up its stormquakes.
Here’s how seismometers can also shine a light on hurricanes long gone.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
Here’s how seismometers can also shine a light on hurricanes long gone.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
A gigantic eruption of Tonga's-Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano was heard by seismometers worlwide in January, 2022.
Source: @nature.com
#picture #photo #image #photography #space #earth #science #astronomy #stars #imagen #foto #fotografia #espacio #estrellas #ciencia #cosmos #Tierra
Source: @nature.com
#picture #photo #image #photography #space #earth #science #astronomy #stars #imagen #foto #fotografia #espacio #estrellas #ciencia #cosmos #Tierra
December 29, 2024 at 8:15 PM
A gigantic eruption of Tonga's-Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano was heard by seismometers worlwide in January, 2022.
Source: @nature.com
#picture #photo #image #photography #space #earth #science #astronomy #stars #imagen #foto #fotografia #espacio #estrellas #ciencia #cosmos #Tierra
Source: @nature.com
#picture #photo #image #photography #space #earth #science #astronomy #stars #imagen #foto #fotografia #espacio #estrellas #ciencia #cosmos #Tierra
As Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, we can see its approach over the past few days on seismometers. Strong winds generated by hurricanes create ocean waves and pressure fluctuations that cause stronger up and down movements in the water column, which seismometers record.
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, we can see its approach over the past few days on seismometers. Strong winds generated by hurricanes create ocean waves and pressure fluctuations that cause stronger up and down movements in the water column, which seismometers record.
gut so large and noisy its vibrations can be picked up by seismometers
call that a girthquake
call that a girthquake
August 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
gut so large and noisy its vibrations can be picked up by seismometers
call that a girthquake
call that a girthquake
It also has seismometers in it--totally counts.
June 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It also has seismometers in it--totally counts.
Also runs our handful of permanent ocean bottom seismometers off Cascadia....
The OOI is like a massive network of weather stations, but for the ocean. Sensors collect real-time data on temperature, currents, carbon, storms, habitats, and sea level. Scientists around the world use these data; no individual lab or nonprofit could build or maintain a system of this scale.
June 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Also runs our handful of permanent ocean bottom seismometers off Cascadia....
Because we don't have an extensive enough seismic network.
We must invest in seismometers spaced every 5 km across the entire continent.
*nods*
We must invest in seismometers spaced every 5 km across the entire continent.
*nods*
October 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Because we don't have an extensive enough seismic network.
We must invest in seismometers spaced every 5 km across the entire continent.
*nods*
We must invest in seismometers spaced every 5 km across the entire continent.
*nods*
We bury seismometers to keep them safe, at a stable temperature, and to contact hard rock to pick up the earth “breathing” at very low frequencies.
May 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
We bury seismometers to keep them safe, at a stable temperature, and to contact hard rock to pick up the earth “breathing” at very low frequencies.
Wake up, babe, the new quietest spot on Earth just dropped 🤫🧊🌐
It's 2.5 km under the South Pole—and geologists have installed seismometers there that operate more quietly than the background rumblings of Earth itself. Read more about this cool project in @science.org : tinyurl.com/5n76jfht #science
It's 2.5 km under the South Pole—and geologists have installed seismometers there that operate more quietly than the background rumblings of Earth itself. Read more about this cool project in @science.org : tinyurl.com/5n76jfht #science
Earthquake sensors buried in the quietest spot on Earth
Deep beneath the South Pole, two seismometers will monitor the planet’s interior and the movement of Antarctic ice
tinyurl.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Wake up, babe, the new quietest spot on Earth just dropped 🤫🧊🌐
It's 2.5 km under the South Pole—and geologists have installed seismometers there that operate more quietly than the background rumblings of Earth itself. Read more about this cool project in @science.org : tinyurl.com/5n76jfht #science
It's 2.5 km under the South Pole—and geologists have installed seismometers there that operate more quietly than the background rumblings of Earth itself. Read more about this cool project in @science.org : tinyurl.com/5n76jfht #science
Large earthquakes can be detected around the world. This animation from @earthscope.org
uses real seismic data to show the seismic waves from the M7.1 Tonga earthquake as they were detected by seismometers across North America.
uses real seismic data to show the seismic waves from the M7.1 Tonga earthquake as they were detected by seismometers across North America.
March 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Large earthquakes can be detected around the world. This animation from @earthscope.org
uses real seismic data to show the seismic waves from the M7.1 Tonga earthquake as they were detected by seismometers across North America.
uses real seismic data to show the seismic waves from the M7.1 Tonga earthquake as they were detected by seismometers across North America.
GPS is how seismometers' clocks are kept fixed to the same time.
Absolutely essential to being able to do anything with any precision.
Absolutely essential to being able to do anything with any precision.
Some really friggen neat science facts about GPS, that lots of folks don't know about (and are touched on in this vid):
- You need #RadioAstronomy and quasars for GPS to work --> www.spaceaustralia.com/index.php/fe...
- the Sun messes with GPS signals www.spaceaustralia.com/news/your-sm...
- You need #RadioAstronomy and quasars for GPS to work --> www.spaceaustralia.com/index.php/fe...
- the Sun messes with GPS signals www.spaceaustralia.com/news/your-sm...
June 6, 2026 at 1:22 AM
GPS is how seismometers' clocks are kept fixed to the same time.
Absolutely essential to being able to do anything with any precision.
Absolutely essential to being able to do anything with any precision.
I am reminded today of how many people I know that have seismometers lol
April 5, 2024 at 6:24 PM
I am reminded today of how many people I know that have seismometers lol