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Undersea optical fibre monitors seismic activity and ocean waves

11 Dec 2019
Undersea cable
Seismic array: researchers used the first 20 km (pink) of an undersea cable that stretches from Moss Landing to the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS). Also shown is the earthquake epicentre at Gilroy and previously uncharted fault zones (yellow circle). (Courtesy: Nate Lindsey)
The expansive global network of undersea fibre-optic telecommunications cables could be used to meas

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