Seismometers placed in the U.P.
HOUGHTON -- Michigan Tech is helping the National Science Foundation with a decade-long project to learn more about the Earth's interior.
Scientists are collecting data from 400 seismometers making their way across the United States. The instruments are sensitive enough to measure internal movements during an earthquake, anywhere in the world.
Every year, 200 sensors are moved to a new region, and next year, about two dozen will be placed in the U.P.
Two Tech students spent this summer selecting locations.
"There aren't a lot of earthquakes and things here," said Assistant Professor Greg Waite. "But there used to be. If we can understand the structures that exist now from those ancient features, we can apply that to similar features that are active now."
Tech students and anyone else who owns a computer will be able to go online and see the data in real time.
The seismometers will stay in the area for two years.
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