Listening for Quakes

Marine seismologists/geophysicists John Collins (left), Beecher Wooding (center), and Bob Detrick examine ocean-bottom seismometers in a WHOI laboratory. The trio along with colleagues from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Washington, and other WHOI departments have been applying advances in buoy, satellite, and acoustic technology to develop real-time observatories for observing seafloor earthquakes. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)