Stanford scientists develop 'Shazam for earthquakes'

Stanford scientists develop 'Shazam for earthquakes' Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2015 - An algorithm inspired by a popular song-matching app is helping Stanford scientists find previously overlooked earthquakes in large databases of ground motion measurements. They call their algorithm Fingerprint And Similarity Thresholding, or FAST, and it could transform how seismologists detect microquakes - temblors that don't pack enough punch to register as earthquakes when analyzed by ... more

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