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Dark fiber seismic network finds missed aftershocks in Chinese earthquake

Posted: 15 Dec 2021 10:26 AM PST

Just days after a 2020 magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Tangshan, China, researchers turned nearly 8 kilometers of unused telecom fiber optic cable into a seismic array that detected dozens of aftershocks that were missed by permanent seismic stations.