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Well actually it happened recently in Peru: https://twitter.com/alerta_sismo/status/930989560896647169 https://twitter.com/alerta_sismo/status/9309895608966471
by bcraven 8y ago
Well actually it happened recently in Peru:
https://twitter.com/alerta_sismo/status/930989560896647169 https://twitter.com/alerta_sismo/status/930989560896647169
So either someone saw that and decided to make this story up, or it does indeed happen.
I can tell you from experience that seismometers are ridiculously sensitive- the noise reductions that need to be done after shooting a land survey are a nightmare.