Earthquake detection with the Raspberry Shake

For decades, researchers like Dr. Bob Herman relied on paper and ink to study earthquakes. The Raspberry Shake helps geophysicists get more data around the world as citizen scientists can participate in ShakeNet, a global aggregation of real-time seismic data!

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Contents:

00:00 - Meet Raspberry Shake
01:21 - An actual expert
01:57 - Smoke paper and sesimographs
03:16 - More data, less travel
05:08 - Seismic vaults
07:18 - A sensitive subject
09:26 - How's the Shake stack up?
11:06 - My First Earthquake
12:08 - Who cares about seismology?
15:11 - Citizen science on a global scale

[SmokeytheBeer]

As a scientist, I can relate to spending most of my time preparing the data. That hasn't changed, the difference now is we write programs to compute terabytes of data. Very cool to see this evolution in a different field.

[Vontux]

The noise isolation reminds me of LIGO, had a friend who did his undergrad work with the project, most of the early days was figuring out how to filter our local noise. He sent me a recording once of a telephone call he was able to decode back into audio that the equipment had picked up.

[StudioSound-]

I use to work for W.F. Sprengnether Instrument Co. back in 1977 as a machinist. Bought two zero length springs and made 2 vertical long period seismometers for world wide earthquakes. Not to long ago I came across Sprengnether’s new style S-5100-V Vertical Seismometer with the drum recorder. I bought it. Now I don’t know what to do with my machine shop seismograph projects. For a serious hobby, I like my older seismograph and vintage weather bureau instruments. Have a bunch of Kollsman Altimeter Setting precision barometers that use to be in almost every weather bureau and air control tower. .

[GimmilFactory]

I love that you reach out from the normal video format of simple computer stuff to showcase other people's work and how it relates and is enriched by your channel's main focus. Keep up the original content!

[johalun]

Super interesting. I had no idea. Thanks for sharing!!

[Moonlight]

I have had a 1D running ever since they were launched. Just sitting on a concrete block in my garden shed. I am located in Sydney Australia and regularly see signals from earthquakes in the Pacific rim, from Indonesia, Tonga, New Zealand and even Antarctica. Such a great little device. I am glad to see you doing video on them. Well done.

[crazyeddie]

I make seismometers for a living, so this was interesting to watch. Recognise many of the instruments in that vault. Good to hear that people on the other side of the pond call the traces on screen 'Wiggles'. Spent far to many hours staring at wiggles to determine good sensors from bad.

[swankshire]

I love how they haven't moved the old ones because they are very heavy.

[JCWren]

I won't say the price is out of line considering what else is rolled into the cost (as mentioned in the video), but it's above my WTHLBI (What The Hell, Let's Buy It) threshold.

[TempestKitty]

Would love to see more of this sort of content from you! Interviews with profs and experts in their fields is always super cool ! Love it !

[tiochico]

This video was super awesome and i can very much relate to that. In my undergrad days i used to monitor a seismic station 10 years ago, complex job, lots of math and programming involved.
I'm not from the generation that used smoke paper or analog sensors, but we had an broadband seismometer connected to and old pentium PC.
I've always thought how could it be to make a simpler yet effective seismometer using some small chipsets, and now we have it!
Seeing the professor using Linux command lines and combining and stacking various seismograms to determine it's where it happened and magnitude reminded me when i used to do it.
I remember a fun day, when i basically freaked out when i picked up the 2011 earthquake in Japan (that caused the fukushima accident), i went running to my supervisor to warn him, that same day a reporter from the local news came to interview us about the quake.
Outstanding day!

[PurpleSpiritFoxFire]

My dad is a geologist and he always talks to me about these stuff. i got intrested and took a geology class. it's interesting.

[earthling_parth]

This is so cool. Working in software engineering I realize the importance of data when researching an event, so having lots of these around the globe will improve scientists' understanding a lot. I want to contribute but it's a bit outside my price range for just cool science projects I would like to own. Amazing work by the Raspberry Shake team 👏

[zb]

Hey Jeff! Just wanted to say thanks for posting such a great video! It's really inspiring to see how us regular citizens can help contribute to something bigger. While I won't be purchasing a Raspberry Shake, I could see myself participating in other similar pi driven ventures that also have a slightly lower price point. Cheers!

[BestLittleStudio]

That data telling you about the washing machine and dryer is great to be able to automate and work on things, lights can flash when the laundry is done, you can monitor all kinds of things that produce a change in the air pressure and vibrations in the house and setup automations to respond to those things.

It seems like it may also be sensitive enough to combine with a power sensor to quickly identify what appliance is causing a power draw and a whole bunch of other ideas. This is so neat.

[frankbohnen]

THX for the inside of your hometown, it's always nice to learn something about someone's community. It's almost 38 years ago that some friends and I were in the Saint Louis Arc.

[swbusby]

$400 for entry level, and almost $1000 for the standard model is a bit steep in price for a Pi project.

[lfarge]

The cleanliness of the place is staggering! It says a lot on the way of working!

[johannnn]

I have so much respect for all these scientists who have been studying their fields for 20+ years. It's incredible!

[c]

That was a very interesting video. It’s wonderful when these types of resources become attainable by average consumers. I mainly came on here to remark how cute the outtakes were at the end. You are simply adorable and I’m certain you’d make an awesome Dad ♥️