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Subject: Re: Recording earthquakes from 3rd floor
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F3n_Fr=EDmann?= jonfr@.........
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:34:19 +0000
Hi Pete,
I don't have a job yet. But I am trying anyway to make my web site my
job. My plan is to go into school in Denmark when the time comes. But
other then that I am going to write, as I want to write a book (sci-fi).
Regards,
J=F3n Fr=EDmann.
On m=E1n, 2011-01-24 at 19:36 -0800, Pete Rowe wrote:
> Hi Jon
> What are you going to do in Denmark? Did you get a job there?
> Good wishes for an smooth move!
> Pete
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> --- On Mon, 1/24/11, J=F3n Fr=EDmann wrote:
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> From: J=F3n Fr=EDmann
> Subject: Re: Recording earthquakes from 3rd floor
> To: psnlist@..............
> Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:21 PM
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> Hi Dave,
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> I won't have the option getting the geophone to the ground.
> Also the
> local animal live and insect live would be a problem.
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> But in theory a house should move in the same way as a
> earthquake does.
> It is also a fact that Denmark doesn't have a lot of
> earthquakes. In
> fact, I think that they mostly have close to zero earthquakes
> on land
> and less then 10 earthquakes in one year off the coast.
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> Regards,
> J=F3n Fr=EDmann.
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> On =FEri, 2011-01-25 at 14:05 +1100, dave.nelson@...............
> wrote:
> > Hi Jon,
> > I suggest that its going to be a significant
> problem as you are no longer really recording the earthquake.
> As I said in the previous mail. Rather you are recording the
> building's response to the quake which is a whole different
> thing !!.=20
> > If it was me I would be doing all I could,once you have
> relocated to that building to try and get a cable down to
> ground level so that the geophone can be buried in the ground
> or at the very least securely affixed to the concrete base
> (footpaths etc) surrounding the building, if you cannot get
> to soil to bury the geophone. Its not going to be perfect but
> its going to give you a much more "accurate" recording of the
> seismic waves :)
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> > Dave
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> > > Jn Frmann wrote:
> > >=20
> > Hi Dave,
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> > I know, and this is why that I did ask about if this would
> be a problem.
> > It appears that it won't be a problem. But there is a
> question how well
> > this is going to work in Denmark, as houses there are build
> from bricks
> > like in most other places in Europe (far as I know anyway).
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> > Regards,
> > Jn Frmann.
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> > On ri, 2011-01-25 at 07:20 +1100, Dave Nelson wrote:
> > > The problem with elevating the seismometer is that the
> main thing you are
> > > recording is the buildings' response to the seismic waves
> rather than the=20
> > > seismic
> > > waves themselves.
> > >=20
> > > The further up in the building you are the more the
> building=20
> > > sways, even for distance events.
> > >=20
> > > Dave
> > >=20
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> > > At 06:43 AM 25/01/2011, you wrote:
> > > >I'm on the third floor, and as you can see by the
> pictures on my website,=20
> > > >the result is that you'll see all the big earthquakes
> easily.
> > > >
> > > >http://www.brasswings.com/seis.html
> > > >
> > > >But of course there is a huge amount of background noise.
> > > >Wind is the biggest issue. Windy days can block out
> pretty much everything.
> > > >You'll also find that the floor probably isnt solid
> enough to rest a=20
> > > >seismometer on. The weight of a human is enough to
> register full scale=20
> > > >deflection as the floor sags, when you move from one side
> of the room to=20
> > > >the other.
> > > >The best I could do is to lift the sensor box off the
> floor and press it=20
> > > >up against the wall (in a corner) with the weight of some
> bricks.
> > > >If you've got the ability to measure it (with an
> inclinometer), you'll=20
> > > >also see how much the building sways backward and forward
> through the=20
> > > >course of the day and it heats up and cools down.
> > > >
> > > >But as you say, its worth a try anyway. You might have
> a more solid=20
> > > >building than mine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Glenn
> > > >
> > >
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