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Scientists who study earthquakes in Japan said Thursday they have detected a rare deep-Earth tremor for the first time and traced its location to a distant and powerful storm.
The findings, published in the US journal Science, could help experts learn more about the Earth's inner structure and improve detection of earthquakes and oceanic storms.
The storm in the North Atlantic was known as a "weather bomb," a small but potent storm that gains punch as pressure quickly mounts.
Groups of waves sloshed and pounded the ocean floor during the storm, which struck between Greenland and Iceland.
Using seismic equipment on land and on the seafloor that usually detects the Earth's crust crumbling during earthquakes, researchers found something they had not detected before—a tremor known as an S wave microseism.
The researchers detected the shock waves generated by the North Atlantic storm from Japan, and have used them to gain more detail about Earth's interior.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:13PM
The schumann resonances are also blamed on the weather, I would consider that the weather is itself an effect and not a cause.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 14 2016, @04:49PM
So you're saying Schumann resonance causes lightning?
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday September 14 2016, @09:04PM
I'd blame the earth's rotation and that star it revolves around, it is called Oracle now.
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