Description
The visualizations show how the ground moves as seismic waves sweep across about 400 earthquake recording stations in EarthScope's Transportable Array.
Audience
All Audiences
Supporting Resources
We now have a tutorial available to better explain what is happening in the visualizations.
Full Description
As earthquake waves travel along the surface of the Earth, they cause the ground to move. The ground motions can be captured and displayed as a movie, providing a visual demonstration of these often indiscernible movements. Charles Ammon, a professor at Penn State University, has developed animations of earthquake waves using actual earthquake data. The visualizations show how the ground moves as seismic waves sweep across about 400 earthquake recording stations in EarthScope’s Transportable Array. These innovative visualizations have been created for selected large earthquakes that have taken place in the US and around the world.
