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Subject: Re: Recording earthquakes from 3rd floor
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F3n_Fr=EDmann?= jonfr@.........
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:37:33 +0000


Hi Glenn,

I am used to high background noise, so that won't be a problem. I won't
be far up from the ground. But high enough up. I am unclear on how they
build houses in Denmark to be exact. But I am going to know soon enough
on that issue.

I am going to be use a geophone 4.5Hz as I have been doing so far. I do
not know when I get a low period seismomter.

Regards,
J=F3n Fr=EDmann.

On =FEri, 2011-01-25 at 06:43 +1100, Glenn Durden wrote:
> I'm on the third floor, and as you can see by the pictures on my website,=
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> the result is that you'll see all the big earthquakes easily.
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> But of course there is a huge amount of background noise.
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> against the wall (in a corner) with the weight of some bricks.
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> see how much the building sways backward and forward through the course o=
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> the day and it heats up and cools down.
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> But as you say, its worth a try anyway.   You might have a more solid=20
> building than mine.
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> Glenn
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