[HN Gopher] Subsea internet cables could help detect earthquakes
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       Subsea internet cables could help detect earthquakes
        
       Author : simonebrunozzi
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2022-05-21 06:03 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | KineticLensman wrote:
       | Something similar has already been productised:
       | https://www.optasense.com/
        
       | ccakes wrote:
       | The tech involved in doing this is incredibly interesting and the
       | sensitivity levels they're able to achieve are wild.
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       | There are already existing products[1] in this space as well, an
       | installation happened to pick up the 2021 Melbourne earthquake
       | and they turned some graphs into a bit of a marketing exercise[2]
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       | [1] https://fibersense.com/digitalseismic/ [2]
       | https://twitter.com/bevanslattery/status/1440515913250340876
        
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