Ground vibrations before, during, and after Hurricane Isaac landfall (IMAGE)

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Ground vibrations before, during, and after Hurricane Isaac landfall

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A satellite image of Hurricane Isaac in 2012 as it made landfall on the Louisiana coast. Overlaid on the image is a seismogram showing ground vibrations caused by strong winds before and after the calm eye of the storm passed.

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Satellite image by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Seismogram image by the National Science Foundation’s Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience. Image provided by Qing Ji.

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