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Geography, Geology and the Environment

GGE detects Japanese Earthquake

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Posted on 11 March 2011

Dr Ian Stimpson, Earth Sciences and Geography, was interviewed on Sky News, BBC Radio Stoke, Signal News and the Sentinel after the earthquake that hit Japan early today. The earthquake (magnitude 8.9), near east coast Honshu, was recorded on a seismometer in Earth Sciences and Geography at Keele.

Japan earthquake  

Note that even at a quarter of the way round the world from the epicentre, the seismogram is clipped during the surface wave train due to the violent shaking. A photograph of the record was also requested by the media.

The record can be seen here

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