[10DotMatrix] has a budding interest in seismology, so she decided to make her own seismometer out of some easy-to-find materials. Seismometers are prohibitively expensive for hobbyists, but ...

For those outside the rocking and rolling of California’s tectonic plate, earthquakes probably don’t come up on a daily basis as a topic of conversation. Regardless, the instrument to measure them is ...

Global system: this map shows some of the stations on the Z-NET – an online network of seismic stations using the TC1 apparatus. (Courtesy: Kasper van Wijk) A novel design for an educational ...

COOS BAY — Local teachers from the high school to college level are getting Slinky seismometers from the University of Oregon, enabling their students to participate in worldwide monitoring of ...