Finally. Got myself a 1-D #raspberryshake #seismometer. For the first time ever, something bought as a kit actually works and now I'm feeling all geeky watching the station logs in case the planet wobbles...
https://stationview.raspberryshake.org/#/?lat=56.29730&lon=-3.70194&zoom=10.174&sta=RB16D if anyone really wants to know. (Location slightly munged for privacy reasons, of course.)
More on my (newly resurrected) blog: https://soc.sty.nu/2024/02/13/new-toy-meet-the-wobbleometertm/
Very pleased to see a whole bunch of these seismometers all around Iceland atm too
https://stationview.raspberryshake.org/#/?lat=63.99725&lon=-21.96085&zoom=9.844&sta=SB899
Interesting. So there was a mag. 3.6 quake in Iceland at 04:17:16hr. Seems like I spotted it here too :) (Spike at x=3000 in the plot)
https://stationview.raspberryshake.org/#/?lat=64.30314&lon=-12.10691&zoom=6.503&event=rs2024cokrju
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A mag.3.7 #earthquake on the Mid-Atlandtic Ridge off the SE coast of Iceland near Grindavik and the Reykjanes peninsula at 12:28:37hr UTC today
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A mag.1.2 #earthquake on Islay, Inner Hebrides at 16:26:19, yesterday. Very clear P & S wave spikes :)
Mag.4.2, central Iceland, yesterday 2024-02-16 at 21:43hr.
Not the clearest trace but maybe some of those spikes might be it?
Mag.2.2 quake near Bridgewater / Glastonbury / Langport, 2024-02-18 06:51:12
Mag.1.1, 7km Loch Nevis / Loch Arkaig, 2024-02-21 at 22:49:56
Mostly neoproterozoic psammite with paleozoic igneous intrusions.
A definite wee fault line runs quite close nearby.
Mag.4.7, Reykjanes Ridge / Mid Atlantic ridge, 2024-02-29 04:03:59.
The official trace cuts short right when the S waves might have arrived, so the local helicorder data shows it better.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000mfrp/executive
Mag.2.0, Swaby near Alford, Lincs, 2024-03-13 14:49:48.
Not entirely convinced it showed all that clearly up here.
#geology #earthquake #englandshire #geek #seismometer #raspberryshake
2024-03-25 13:44:54 Mag.1.2, Glen Moriston, Highland
https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20240325134307.html
Shallow at 2km deep. Lots of possible causes - several faults, a glacial meltwater channel and some igneous intrusions into the psammite nearby.
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2024-04-18 00:15:42 M0.7 Skipness, Kintyre
A tiny wee wobble but it does sorta appear in the trace a bit
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2024-04-17 17:43 M1.5 Newport, Staffordshire
Not an area of the country I know particularly well. Quite pleased at how the P & S waves show on the trace though.
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2024-04-18 02:52 M2.3 or M3.0 in the southern North Sea
Also quite a strong signal 🙂
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2024-04-19 01:42:17 M2.5 Belper, Derbyshire
According to the BGS it was felt in Matlock and Derby:
https://quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20240419014217.html#page=summary
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2024-04-21 06:31:27 Mag 5.3, central Iceland
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2024-05-06 08:55:49 M4.3 Norwegian sea
Nice and clear in the frequency spectrum plot 😀
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2024-07-03 11:15:04.3 Mag 3.0, North Sea
Been a while since I picked anything up here. Some quakes have scheduled themselves for when the Wobbleometer is itself feeling a bit wobbly. Hey ho. Got this one though :)
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2024-08-01 21:10:35: Mag 0.8, south of Kinlochleven / back of Glen Coe
Not sure this shows it particularly clearly but there's a hint of a small spike near the S-wave.
At least the BGS got it properly: https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/.../20240801210918.html... 🙂
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2024-08-12 T 15:09:22: Mag. 1.5, East Ayrshire
Pretty clear signal especially a small spike coinciding with the expected S-wave
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2024-09-03 16:31:13 Mag 5.0, central Iceland
The P-wave would have been swamped in the huge spike at the left; the S-wave would've arrived around 16:35:40, possibly contributing to the greater spikes at the time.
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2024-10-01 03:21:12 Mag. 2.1, 20km deep off Islay
#geology #earthquake #Scotland #geek #seismometer #raspberrypi #raspberryshake
2024-10-06 17:56:25 Mag 5.1, 10km deep, central Iceland
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2024-11-04 01:37:47 M0.9, Auchnacraig, Mull
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20241108 07:59:25 M1.5, Loch Nevis near Mallaig
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20241110 08:37:06 M0.9, Glen Lednock / Comrie / Crieff
https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20241110083606.html#page=summary
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2025-01-05 T 20:44:07 M2.9 central Morvern
A most excellent clear signal on this one. Great start to the year.
https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20250105204405.html#page=summary
Also compare views of the quake on other local seismometers: https://stationview.raspberryshake.org/#/?lat=56.63900&lon=-5.74800&zoom=7.000&event=rs2025aiydoy&sta=RB16D
#earthquake #quake #geology #scotland #seismology #geek #raspberrypi #raspberryshake #nature #awesome #raspishake #Morvern #highland
Just in case you wondered what an earthquake sounds like (speeded up a lot)…
Funky, and kinda scary to think the planet's making noises like that under one's feets, isn't it?
#earthquake #geology #video #Scotland #highland #raspishake #geek
@JasonLee 3.5min (see graph/waveform in the first image) in 2.25s, so call it ~100x speedup I think :)
I reduced the level of the leading & outro squeaky noise to emphasize the kaboom of the wobble itself and added a little reverb to taste.
That one's going in my sound library, for sure :)
2025-01-10 T 13:13:56 M1.2 Stirling
https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20250110131356.html#page=summary
Seems to have been right under Dumyat. Lots of Ochil volcanic formation there - andesite, basalt and conglomerates.
Another nice clear signal :)
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2025-02-08 23:23:14 M7.6 Caribbean, off Honduras
Quake on a strike-slip fault so negligible tsunami (~4") generated.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pcdl/executive
It took ~10mins to reach here:
https://stationview.raspberryshake.org/#/?lat=55.47078&lon=-5.79032&zoom=6.946&event=rs2025ctocqr&sta=RB16D
#earthquake #quake #honduras #geek #raspberryshake #citizenscience #seismograph #geology #usgs #raspberryshake
2025-03-10 02:33:14 M6.5, Jan Mayen region
I guess it is on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
Nice clear signal, not bad for 1670km away.
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2025-03-28 06:20:54 M7.7 Myanmar
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M7.1 2025-03-30 12:18:43 Tonga
Quite a decent clear trace for 10,000 mi away
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2025-04-02 22:55:49hr M1.7 Carn Mairg, 2.8mi south of Schiehallion.
Picked it up 47km away :)
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And for those wondering what it sounded like...
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2025-06-13 03:55:22 M1.0 Glen Lednock, Comrie
Only a microquake, 2km deep, but still picked up nice and clear 23km away :)
#earthquake #raspberrypi #raspberryshake #seismology #geology #scotland #perthshire #geek #citizenscience
...and for the audio as well :)
2025-07-16 20:37:39 M7.3, Alaska
Pretty clear signal for halfway around the world.
USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000qd1y/executive
Geology Hub: https://youtu.be/98SdAedjFWs
#geology #Alaska #earthquake #seismology #citizenscience #geek #raspberryshake
2025-07-18 T 06:22:36 M1.7 Rannoch, 1.2km N of Annat
BGS: https://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20250718062233.html
#seismology #geology #earthquake #perthshire #scoltand #rannoch #citizenscience #raspberrypi #raspberryshake #geek
and if anyone wanted to know what it sounded like:
#earthquake #sonification #scotland #perthshire #highlands #seismology #geology #geek
2025-07-21 23:47:46 M0.8 Lochgilphead
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2025-07-20 06:49:02 M7.4 off the east coast of Kamchatka
USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000qdyl/executive
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...and this is approximately what it sounded like, too
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2025-07-29 23:24:50 M8.8 20.7km megathrust quake, Kamchatka
USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt25210002/executive
GeologyHub report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x2yX2Qpf9g
I think this is the biggest I've recorded on the wobbleometer(TM).
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...and this is what it sounded like.
Went on so long I had to download more than the default duration of data from raspberryshake
#sonification #earthquake #kamchatka #data #citizenscience #geology
2025-08-01 16:45:37 M3.1 Inchlaggan, Highland
Probably the biggest I've recorded in Scotland since I started running the Wobbleometer(TM).
BGS: https://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20250801164400.html#page=summary
#earthquake #scotland #highlands #geology #nature #citizenscience #raspberrypi #raspberryshake #geek
...and this is what it sounded like :)
2025-08-06 01:27:16 M1.5 beside Loch Awe, Argyll
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2025-08-08 09:04:05 M1.9 Loch Awe, Argyll
Right next door to the previous wobble.
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2025-08-18 17:21:15.5 UTC M2.2 Portavadie, Argyll
Nice clear signal. Seems to be part of a continuing trend running NE-SW along a psammite-pelite/igneous boundary.
Probable aftershocks very nearby:
2025-08-18 17:24:50.1 M1.1
2025-08-18 17:27:05.8 M1.1
2025-08-18 18:51:18.8 M0.5
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