Catching Earthquakes before They Happen (VIDEO)
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Sandia National Laboratories geoscientist Hongkyu Yoon and his team 3D-print rocks with reproducible faults and then squeeze them until they crack. Listening to the sound of the rocks breaking provides the team with the data they need to "train" a deep-learning algorithm to identify signals of seismic events faster and more accurately than conventional earthquake monitoring systems.
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Video by Rebecca Gustaf/Sandia National Laboratories. All video footage was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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