Good shit, this is the kind of answer I hoped for posting on HN. I don't know too much about earthquake seismology, but I am curious and know where to pull rand

Good shit, this is the kind of answer I hoped for posting on HN. I don't know too much about earthquake seismology, but I am curious and know where to pull random data. So I thought, if the ground is moving the aquifer levels might change (no clue whether they would go up or down). I just pulled the ground water levels for Readington Township's well (in which whitehouse station is a place). Sure enough can clearly see when the earthquake hit: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/403517074452501/#parameterCode=72019&period=P7D&showMedian=true https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/4035170744525... So is this expected? Is this a thing that normally happens with earthquakes? EDIT: Japan paper was cool https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/003192018690035X https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art... apparently they measure increased seismicity at times of high inflow. Also just had a big aftershock approx 22:00UTC. sounded like a bomb (I am in whitehouse station now)