Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thunderquake seismic imaging uses storm-generated vibrations and buried fiber-optic cables to reveal underground weak zones.

・Thunder can send enough energy into the ground to create seismic waves that researchers can use to see underground. ・Penn State researchers used 2.5 miles of buried fiber-optic cable to identify 458 ...

Thunderstorms can shake the ground in ways that do more than rattle windows. Acoustic waves from thunder can transfer energy into the Earth, creating seismic signals strong enough to help image what ...