Seismometers around the crack listen (IMAGE)

GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung

Seismometers around the crack listen

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Around the 5-metre-wide and 30-metre-long crack, the researchers led by Michael Dietze of the GFZ have installed a network of six seismometers, which they use to eavesdrop on the Alpine peak as it breaks.

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TU Munich

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