A seismograph is an instrument used by scientists to measure the motions of the Earth's surface. A seismograph is a simple pendulum. When the ground shakes, the base and frame of the instrument move ...

Was that a tremor you just felt? You don’t have to be a seismologist to answer that question — not if you have the Raspberry Shake, that is. Branded as a “professional-grade personal seismograph” that ...

Using different colors of paint and a map of Christchurch, this machine lays down beautiful portraits of New Zealand’s deadly earthquakes. Photo: James Boock New Zealand is one of the world’s foremost ...

Scientists have gotten awfully good at the business of seismography. At any moment, the Global Seismograph Network (GSM), a web of 150 instruments arrayed around the world, is reliably taking the ...

Scientists have invented a "fossil seismograph," which examines geological formations to find historical patterns of earthquakes reaching far back into the ancient past. With this information, experts ...

For decades, China’s middle school students were introduced to the world’s first seismograph through an image in their history textbooks: a large, bronze urn with eight dragons perched the same ...

Earth's tectonic plates are in constant motion and, because the plates are not all moving in the same direction, the boundaries where they meet are often violent places. Boundaries where two plates ...

DEL RIO — The state wants to stick a seismograph on Terry Hill’s ranch, next to his deer blind. Hill understands the significance. He receives a few thousand dollars in oil and gas royalties a year, ...

BUTTE, Mont. - Scientists at Montana Tech have been busy for the last few days after a series of earthquakes shook Yellowstone National Park. The state's largest seismograph, a device used for ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Arthur J. Weed was a skilled mechanic ...