seismic wave

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Ramirez didn’t arrive in Australia until mid-November — and didn’t join his new team until Dec. 1 because of a 14-day quarantine — but the Blue Sox had already felt the seismic wave of attention that often followed Ramirez during his 19-year career in the major leagues, which lasted until 2011.

From New York Times

So scientists can simply connect one end to an “interrogator” unit, which fires a stream of laser pulses toward the other end and monitors any backscatter—and voilà, a new seismic wave–sensing network is ready to go.

From Scientific American

Using seismic wave technology, they could measure its location to a depth of 932 miles beneath the Earth’s surface.

From Washington Post

Using seismic wave technology, they could measure its location to a depth of 932 miles beneath Earth’s surface.

From Seattle Times

In a recording released by NASA, in which the seismic wave frequencies have been sped up to make them audible to human ears, the signal sounds almost like an airplane taking flight.

From Washington Post