# Live Internet Seismic Server

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 22, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385 "2005-02-22T19:14:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385/1 "2005-02-22T19:14:45Z")

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This is cool…

[http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic\_Data/heli2.shtml](http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml)

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**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385/2 "2005-02-22T19:17:23Z")

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I wish I knew what the squiggles mean 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385/3 "2005-02-22T19:34:09Z")

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What the hell is going on in [Bilibino, Russia?](http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/BILL_24hr.html)

Maybe Boris and Natasha are going at it on the equipment again.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385/4 "2005-02-22T19:39:15Z")

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Yeeeep…just another boring, temor-free day in [Black Hills, South Dakota](http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/RSSD_24hr.html) (apparent home of the Jenga World Championships).

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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385/5 "2005-02-22T22:04:34Z")

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Cool.

Can someone who has the slightest idea of what these graphs mean explain? There’s a whole lot of, uh, squiggles on some graphs, but I’m not quite sure what any of it means.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385/6 "2005-02-22T22:14:04Z")

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The [map page is better](http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/map_sta_eq.shtml).

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-internet-seismic-server/291385/7 "2005-02-22T22:34:10Z")

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> [@NinjaChick](#):
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> Can someone who has the slightest idea of what these graphs mean explain? There’s a whole lot of, uh, squiggles on some graphs, but I’m not quite sure what any of it means.

In a nutshell:

The more squiggly the page, the less likely it would be for you to build a really, really impressive house of cards there.