# The Earth really does move for you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-really-does-move-for-you/768039>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-really-does-move-for-you/768039 "2016-10-09T08:19:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-really-does-move-for-you/768039/1 "2016-10-09T08:19:27Z")

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[This](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37582518) is a BBC article about the use of seismometers to detect North Korea’s nuclear weapons tests which is interesting in its own right, but it has a rather sweet coda.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-really-does-move-for-you/768039/2 "2016-10-09T14:21:01Z")

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Could you quote that for us, or is it necessary that we all give the BBC a few more page views? :dubious:

ETA: I clicked the link (for the team) but I’m unsure what you think is the “rather sweet coda”.

Seriously lame OP, IMO.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-really-does-move-for-you/768039/3 "2016-10-09T15:53:56Z")

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This is not the end, but this must be the relevant quote.

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> Even heavy footfalls of hikers exploring the paths used to service seismic stations are all picked up, recorded as small regular hiccups in the seismograph.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-really-does-move-for-you/768039/4 "2016-10-09T16:51:22Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> This is not the end, but this must be the relevant quote.

Actually, it’s the next paragraphs.

> [@Snowboarder Bo](#):
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> Could you quote that for us

It would lose its impact when taken out of context.

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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-really-does-move-for-you/768039/5 "2016-10-09T20:32:13Z")

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There’s the urban legend that Edward Teller sat watching the UC Berkley seismograph so he’d know if that first H-bomb test was successful.