Can Weather Bombs Illuminate Earth's Hidden Interior?

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Recent advancements in seismic tomography, likened to an x-ray of the Earth's interior, are poised to enhance our understanding of seismic activity and geological structures. Researchers in Japan have utilized a seismic array to detect waves generated by a severe North Atlantic storm, referred to as a "weather bomb." This method could illuminate previously hidden areas of the Earth's interior, as traditional seismic studies often focus on earthquake activity clustered along plate boundaries. The project, involving 202 seismic stations, aims to refine data collection and analysis. Additionally, there is curiosity about the potential correlation between severe ocean storms and earthquake activity, raising questions about whether such storms could trigger seismic events.
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This could open a new frontier on seismic study of the Earth's interior.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37177575

From, http://science.sciencemag.org/content/353/6302/919
Seismic tomography is like an x-ray of Earth's interior, except that it uses
earthquakes for the illumination. Earthquakes are imperfect illuminators
because they are clustered on plate boundaries, leaving much of the interior
in the shadows. Using a seismic array in Japan, Nishida and Takagi detected
seismic waves that they attribute to a severe and distant North Atlantic
storm called a "weather bomb" (see the Perspective by Gerstoft and Bromirski).
The seismic energy traveling from weather bombs through the Earth appears to be
capable of illuminating the many dark patches of Earth's interior.
 
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Two hundred stations?
 
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Two hundred stations?
Yup, 202 stations, Impressive project all in all. I'm curious to see how well the researchers can fine tune the data and add to our understanding of the Earths interior.
 
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I'm curious to see how well the researchers can fine tune the data and add to our understanding of the Earths interior.
I'm all for adding to our understanding of Earth's interior. Oil, gas and mineral leasing has been a part of our family business for nearly a century of boom and bust. But perhaps equally interesting is the idea that severe ocean storms in one part of the world can cause microseisms to be felt in another part. My question is, could severe ocean storms trigger earthquakes, and is there any sort of statistical correlation?
 
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