#distributed-acoustic-sensing

#distributed-acoustic-sensing

Scientists cannot accurately predict large temblors, and those that start offshore are even more difficult to track. But a study published Thursday in Science demonstrates how the same tech that brings you a high-speed internet connection could be used to better understand the massive quakes that rupture in the ocean, and also to improve alerts. The researchers used information from fiber-optic cables on land to quickly detect and map an enormous earthquake off the Humboldt coast last December.